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SOTU Energy Claims Flunk Truth-O-Meter
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Dr. Holt is a certified clinical hypnotherapist and instructor, and founder and program director of the Magi Institute of Natural Medicine located in the Beyond Harmony Med Spa in Canyon Country.
This two-hour weekly class uses the same course syllabus taught at several colleges preparing students to become certified hypnotists.
The cost of the class will be $500 including International Hypnosis Federation certification ($400 without certification). Seniors 65 and older will receive a discounted rate for this class by presenting proof of age.
The course will cover: introduction to hypnosis, history and suggestibility, six basic induction types, deepening, testing, post-hypnotic suggestion, potential dangers and legal/ethical issues, stress management and self-hypnosis, and certification exam.
In addition to being a certified instructor for hypnosis, Dr. Holt is also a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming and time-line therapy, and certified as a stress management specialist, nutrition coach, lifestyle coach, and professional stage hypnotist.
He is a proponent of natural medicine and taking control of one's life using the mind, body, and spirit connection as well as an entertaining and engaging speaker.
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Dr. Rawn Salenger is joining the faculty of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at UMMC and UMSJMC. Here, Dr. Salenger will be performing the full array of adult cardiac surgical services. He joins us from Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Suffern, NY where he served as the Director of Valve Surgery and established a multi-disciplinary Heart Valve Team.
Dr. Salenger graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Union College/Albany Medical College Seven Year Medical Program in 1995. He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Massachusetts, and subsequently, a fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital in NY. While at Sinai, Dr. Salenger developed his interest and expertise in complex valve surgery. He has also performed a large number of coronary bypass surgeries.
Dr. Salenger's contribution's to the literature include published work on minimizing stroke risk during bypass surgery and a book chapter on patient care after heart surgery.
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Blogs Liberty and Power DICTATRESS OF THE WORLDJan 9, 2004 10:03 am
Sean T. Collins continues to be puzzled by libertarian anti-interventionism, writing in his blog:
... I think the American military should be used to depose tyrants and promote constitutional democracy. There's obviously got to be a priority structure, since we don't have the means or the manpower to fight the entire Axis of Evil plus the AoE Junior Auxilliary simultaneously, but generally speaking Gulf War II was in line with a foreign policy I was advocating during my wildest and wooliest collegiate Bush-hating days: Stop paying the bastards, and start ousting them. ... How leaving well enough alone in countries ruled by mass-murdering dictators is libertarian is something that continues to escape me ....While this is a conundrum for Sean, it was not one for the proto-libertarians who founded the United States, who, as I'm sure Sean recalls, continually warned of"entangling alliances" and said that America should be a beacon of liberty to the world but the guarantor only of her own. By focusing only on the supposed good the U.S. can do abroad by overthrowing dictators left and right, I'm afraid Sean takes his eye off the ball. Even assuming the U.S. government is somehow better at installing democracies elsewhere than it is running its own, what happens on the home front while all of this nation building is going on? Well, we have a pretty good example right now: Americans get socked with the costs. That means either higher taxes or massive debts (i.e., future taxes). That means the human costs, the soldiers who die or are maimed and the families left behind or forced to care for disabled loved ones. That means increased"security" measures at home, providing very little security while eroding Constitutional rights.
So, I ask, what exactly is supposed to be libertarian about reducing freedom at home in order (maybe) to increase it abroad?
Of course, this is the best case scenario. It assumes that the U.S. actually can, in the long term, increase freedom around the world in the top-down fashion that Sean endorses. I doubt it.
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transfer of microbes from their pure culture to a sterile medium without contamination of yourself, the environment, the source culture, or the medium being inoculated
safety practices for aseptic transfers
1) minimize the potential of contamination
2) be organized
3) place all media tubes in a test tube rack when not in use whether they are sterile or not
4) take your time
5) never hold a tube culture by it's cap
6) hold the inoculating loop or needle in your hand like a pencil in your dominate hand
7) adjust your bunsen burner so your flame has an inner and outer cone
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generally used to grow stock cultures that can be refrigerated after incubation and maintained for several weeks
plated media
typically used for obtaining isolation of species, differential testing, and quantifying bacterial densities
colony margin may be described as:
entire (smooth with no irregularities), undulated (wavy), lobate (lobed), filamentous, or rhizoid (branched like roots)
colony elevations can be described as:
flat, raised, convex, pulvinate (very convex), and umbonate (raised in the center)
What organisms were used in the colony morphology experiment?
Micrococcus luteus
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Corynebacterium xerosis
Proteus mirabilis
Bacillus subtilis
Lactobacillus plantarum
Why are growth characteristics more useful on agar plates than on agar slants?
the plates have a larger surface area for streaking to isolate
Why are agar slants better suited than agar plates to maintain stock cultures?
Slants are better suited because they can be capped, preventing the agar and culture from drying out. The cap also prevents airborne contaminates from entering the slant. Slants take up less storage space.
introduction of a small sample of inoculum into a container of media to produce a culture of observable growth
temp-controlled chamber
microbe multiplies and produces macroscopically observable growth
observation both macroscopic and microscopic appearance, biochemical tests, genetic characteristics, immunological testing
Why does a lens refract light?
the lens is optically dense compared to the surrounding medium (light travels more slowly through the lens than through air)
differences in intensity between two objects or between an object and its background - important in determining resolution
A lens refracts light waves that pass through its ___ more than light rays that pass through its ___.
periphery, center
What happens to light rays as they travel past the focal point?
they spread apart and produce an enlarged, inverted image
total magnification
magnification of the final image is a product of the seperate magnifying powers of the objective lens and the ocular
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what is numerical aperture?
the ability of a lens to gather light from a specimen and use it to make the image
What does the condensor lens do?
directs light through the specimen as well as one or more mirrors or prisms that deflect the path of the light rays from an objective lens to the ocular lens
Simple Bright-field microscope
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Compound Bright-light microscope
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light passes through specimen into objective lens
oil immersion lens increases resolution
have one or two ocular lenses
most have a condenser lens
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NAVEX developed multifunctional solution for enterprises involved in trade. Therefore, Microsoft Dynamics NAV standard supplemented with features to solve Operational objectives purchases, sales, inventory and fully integrable with such commercial equipment like cash registers, barcode scanners and mobile devices.
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Please, I need to teach me the steps to make a correct firmware update of 2 MA-MA-5000i and 9000i 2 to the latest version that is available in the System Architec 3.0.
The firmware update I want to perform using the System Architec 3.0. but I need to know what are the steps one by one to do it.
There is some risk of losing the factory settings.
I have to save any file in the MA-i made ??before starting the upgrade?
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Washington, DC, February 14, 2014…The Anti-Defamation League ("ADL") welcomed yesterday's federal court decision overturning Virginia's marriage ban. The Court held that the ban unconstitutionally denies Virginia's same-sex couples the fundamental freedom to marry. David C. Friedman, Washington DC Regional Director, issued the following statement:
"We are pleased by the Court's decision supporting the right of same-sex couples to marry, and welcome this reaffirmation of equal treatment and protection for all. No American should be denied access to the benefits of civil marriage because of his or her sexual orientation. This decision is a major step forward in the quest for equal rights and freedom from discrimination for all Virginia residents."
ADL previously had commended Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring for his decision not to defend Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. ADL has long supported efforts to extend all the rights, protections and benefits of civil marriage to all couples.
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Through a collaborative and transparent partnership, Kitsap County and the City of Port Orchard are exploring the possibility of locating a multi-purpose community center in South Kitsap. With the assistance of a citizen's Taskforce, the City and County developed a community preference survey. Over the course of April 2013, over 500 residents responded to the survey about community needs, existing facilities and programs, as well as funding. Below are the survey report, a quick fact sheet, and Taskforce meeting materials.
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Following the release of Apple TV software update 5.2.1 (iOS 6.1.3 – 10B329a), FireCore has updated Seas0nPass to provide a tethered jailbreak for Apple TV 2 running the latest firmware. Released in March, a minor Apple TV software update – 5.2.1 – added support for Music in the Cloud in Japan and Israel and included improvements for software update, subtitles, and general performance.
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AppleInsider discoverd a growing thread at the Apple Support Communities website where users report issues after updating their Apple TVs (2nd and 3rd generation) to the latest Apple TV 5.1 software. It looks like many Apple TVs are getting bricked after running the update:
Apple has just released a minor software update for Apple TV 2 and Apple TV 3. Apple TV 5.0.1 (9B206f) adds HD previews for TV shows and movies in the iTunes store and brings fixes to Netflix, AirPlay and Home Sharing.
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I ran a design studio yesterday with several developers, project managers including the senior application dev manager and had them sketch ideas for our oil and gas web application. The studio was everything it should be; ideas were flying onto the paper and a lot of discussion amongst people who do not usually work on the same projects.
Its interesting that every group in their final presentation had the same central idea. Remove the constraint of our current architecture and create a page with a default view based on various widgets. The customer can then configure this view if necessary by dragging and dropping widgets on or off their various panes.
The idea looks good in a mockup but is it usable? Has anyone tested this type of design with your customers? Do they understand that there could be a wealth of widgets to choose from? Do they want to reconfigure their home page, do customers get lost in such configurations? Is it one of those ideas that all us techy geeks think is cool and the customer thinks is bloat that confuses?
Any good examples out there on the web that I can review?
Sounds like a successful session! These are great questions and an opportunity for testing the idea with a prototype. Finding out what your audience thinks with content and context for your app would be invaluable, much more than answers for a similar pattern with a different audience and different context.
I'd be happy to talk through strategies for testing, and I am sure there are others on the list who would do so as well.


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Google launches Sidewiki: comment on any webpage
Google is getting more social every day. The launch of Sidewiki yesterday means Google is taking another big step towards social search. With Sidewiki you can add helpful information on a website next to the site itself. And not just that, you can also see what others wrote about the site.
Right away the question arises: won't that mean a lot of spam next to a popular webpage? No, says Google:
"In developing Sidewiki, we wanted to make sure that you'll see the most relevant entries first. We worked hard from the beginning to figure out which ones should appear on top and how to best order them. So instead of displaying the most recent entries first, we rank Sidewiki entries using an algorithm that promotes the most useful, high-quality entries."
What is interesting is that Sidewiki is apparently real time. This means you will see any comment made right away. With Google Wave just around the corner in time we will probably be able to see the commenter type.
Google did a little bit more than 'just' add comments to the side of websites. Entries made will not only be visible on the site you commented on, but also on any website which has the same quote in it. So a comment next to a quote from Google, like the one above, can appear on other sites which use the same quote.
Sidewiki is launched now and can be used right away. Page owners even have the option to write a special entry that will remain on top of all the entries.
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One-fifth of students receive some type of school-supported mental health services during the school year, according to a new national survey released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Elementary, middle, and high schools all cite social, interpersonal, or family problems as the most frequent mental health problems for students.
Mental health problems are broadly defined in the new publication, School Mental Health Services in the United States, 2002-2003, covering a spectrum of concerns, from relatively mild, commonly seen problems such as difficulty adjusting to a new school, to more significant behavior problems such as bullying, to serious psychiatric and developmental disorders. Mental health services were defined as those services and supports delivered to individual students who have been referred and identified as having psychosocial or mental health problems.
"Taking action to address childhood mental health problems now can save lives, especially when school personnel work with parents to identify children and intervene appropriately before they develop significant problems," said SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie. "This new survey shows schools are responding to the mental health needs of their students and provides new information on how these services are organized, staffed, funded and coordinated."
Topics explored in the survey report include types of mental health problems encountered in school settings; types of mental health services that schools are delivering; numbers and qualifications of school staff providing mental health services; types of arrangements for delivering mental health services in schools, including collaboration with community-based providers; and major sources of funding for school MH services.
Findings include:
The report provides the first national survey of mental health services in a representative sample of the approximately 83,000 public elementary, middle, and high schools and their associated school districts in the United States.
Copies can be obtained, free of charge, from SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center at 1-800-789-2647, or on the web at http://store.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/ManagedCare/pubs.aspx.


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Asthma is the most common chronic illness in childhood and it is widely recognized that there is a major genetic component to asthma susceptibility. Previous studies of the entire genome have identified common variants in more than 15 genes significantly associated with asthma or related phenotypes. While the majority of these findings have been replicated they account for only a small portion of the genetic contribution to asthma. Our goal is to now find genetic variants which are rare in the population, but may substantially contribute to the genetics of asthma. Here, we hypothesize a model whereby individual families are segregating "family-specific" mutations contributing to asthma susceptibility. We hypothesize that at least one family-specific mutation is necessary, but not sufficient for disease development within individuals in the family.
This project utilizes a family-based whole-exome sequencing strategy (sequencing only the protein coding regions of the genome) to identify family-specific variants segregating with asthma. Families with three or more children over the age of five, at least two of whom were reported to be asthmatic, will donate blood or saliva samples to isolate DNA and be interviewed about asthma and asthma symptoms in the both the parents and children. Our goal is to identify rare genetic mutations segregating with asthma and look for clusters of mutations in the same genes across the families in the study.
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From the Department of Pediatrics, Brown University School of Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital (Drs Ciarallo and Brousseau), and the Lifespan Medical Computing Department, Rhode Island Hospital (Mr Reinert), Providence.
To evaluate the efficacy of a 40-mg/kg dose of intravenous magnesium sulfate for moderate to severe asthma exacerbations in pediatric patients.
Study design
Double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
Two urban tertiary care pediatric emergency departments.
Thirty patients, aged 6 to 17.9 years, being treated for an acute asthma exacerbation.
Eligible patients received either a magnesium sulfate infusion of 40 mg/kg or saline solution.
At 20 minutes, the time at which the infusion was completed, the magnesium group had a significantly greater percentage of absolute improvement from baseline in each of the following: predicted peak expiratory flow rate (8.6% vs 0.3%, P<.001), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (7.0% vs 0.2%,P<.001), and forced vital capacity (7.3% vs –0.7%, P<.001). The improvement was greater at 110 minutes: peak expiratory flow rate (25.8% vs 1.9%, P<.001), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (24.1% vs 2.3%; P<.001), and forced vital capacity (27.3% vs 2.6%, P<.001). Patients who received intravenous magnesium were more likely to be discharged to their homes than those who received the placebo (8/16 vs 0/14; P= .002).
Children treated with 40 mg/kg of intravenous magnesium sulfate for moderate to severe asthma showed remarkable improvement in short-term pulmonary function.
FROM 1984 to 1994 the national hospitalization rate for asthmatic children increased by 17%. The national death rate for asthma in children and adults more than doubled from 1975 to 1995.1 Despite refinements in the therapeutic strategies for acute asthma, emergency department visits and hospitalizations continue to account for the predominant proportion of health care costs for asthma.2 These facts stress the need for innovative emergency department–based interventions. The administration of β-agonist nebulizations in conjunction with corticosteroids is an effective treatment strategy, but corticosteroids require several hours before their effects are appreciated.3- 6 An efficient asthma adjunct is needed to help bridge the time to onset of corticosteroid therapy effects in the subpopulation of patients with asthma who are resistant to standard bronchodilating treatments. This ideal agent should be fast-acting, safe, and effective. It has been proposed that intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) has all of these properties.
The first investigations to study the role of magnesium in asthma date back to 1938. Haury7 demonstrated that magnesium relaxes smooth muscle and reduces histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in guinea pigs. More than 50 years later, Spivey et al8 described a dose-related effect of magnesium on bronchial smooth muscle. The effects of magnesium may be mediated through its action as a calcium antagonist or through its function as a cofactor in enzyme systems involving sodium and potassium flux across cell membranes.9,10 These effects result in the relaxation of smooth muscle, the inhibition of cholinergic neuromuscular transmission, and the stabilization of mast cells.11,12
The results of clinical studies using magnesium in adult asthmatic patients have been conflicting13- 21 and few studies have been completed in children.22,23 We conducted the first controlled investigation of IVMg in childhood asthma, which demonstrated the considerable potential of IVMg treatment in the acute care setting.23 In that randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, patients treated with 25 mg/kg of magnesium sulfate showed significant improvements compared with controls in short-term pulmonary function tests (PFTs), beginning 30 minutes after the infusion was completed. The study also suggested that 1 of every 4 patients treated with IVMg could potentially avoid hospitalization.
Other clinical situations, such as preeclampsia, warrant the use of higher doses of magnesium sulfate to obtain optimal effects without sacrificing safety.24 A small case series of pediatric patients reported the beneficial effects of repeated 40- to 50-mg/kg doses of IVMg for patients with severe asthma.22 No controlled studies to date have investigated this dose range in children. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of higher-dose IVMg therapy for moderate to severe asthma exacerbations in pediatric patients.
From February 1996 through June 1996, patients were recruited from the emergency department at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill, and from September 1996 through August 1997, patients were recruited from the Hasbro Children's Hospital Emergency Department in Providence, RI. Both are urban tertiary care children's hospitals. The study was approved by the institutional review boards at each of these centers. Patients aged 6 to 17.9 years, coming to the emergency department with an acute asthma exacerbation, were evaluated for the study. The peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) was measured in patients who required 3 nebulized bronchodilating treatments (albuterol or ipratropium bromide or a combination of the 2) while in the emergency department. The best value of the 3 attempts, using a Wright Peak Flow Meter (Ferraris Medical Inc, Holland, NY), was recorded. The patient's age, sex, and height were used to determine the predicted values. Study personnel (L.C. and D.B.) assisted patients in all PFTs. If PEFR was less than 70% of the predicted value, the patient was presumed to be resistant to nebulization therapy. A PEFR less than 70% of the predicted value has been previously accepted as defining a moderate to severe exacerbation.25 Informed consent was obtained and the patient was enrolled in the study. Exclusion criteria consisted of a body temperature greater than 38.5°C, the use of theophylline within the previous week, and a history of cardiac, renal, or pulmonary disease other than asthma.
After enrollment, intravenous access was established and a baseline serum sample was obtained for magnesium concentration. Intravenous methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg [maximum, 100 mg]) was administered to patients who had not yet received corticosteroids. Each patient was randomly assigned by the investigational drug pharmacist to receive either magnesium sulfate (40 mg/kg [maximum 2 g] in 100 mL of normal saline solution) or an equivalent volume of normal saline solution (placebo) in a double-blind fashion. The magnesium and placebo solutions were prepared by the hospital pharmacy and randomization was blocked in groups of 10.
Serial clinical asthma scores, blood pressure measurements, deep tendon reflexes, and the results of PFTs were recorded at the start of the infusion, halfway through the infusion (at 10 minutes), and at the conclusion of the 20-minute infusion. The same measurements were then recorded every 15 minutes for an additional 90 minutes. The modified Wood-Downes clinical asthma score was used, which incorporates oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry, color, quality of breath sounds, retractions, wheezing, and mental status.26 The entrance PEFR value was measured with a Wright Peak Flow Meter and verified at the start of the study protocol with a computerized handheld spirometer. All of the PFTs (PEFR, forced expiratory volume in one second [FEV1]and forced vital capacity [FVC]) just prior to and during the study infusion were calculated using a computerized handheld spirometer (Jones Medical Instrument Co, Oak Brook, Ill), which incorporated age, sex, race, height, and weight. The spirometer validated each recording using the American Thoracic Society criteria for acceptable spirometric curves.27 Nebulized bronchodilators (albuterol and ipratropium) continued to be administered at the discretion of the medical team. The physicians on the medical team acted independently from the study physicians and were blinded to the patient's magnesium treatment status. A second serum sample was analyzed for magnesium concentration 30 minutes after the completion of the infusion. The results of the serum magnesium concentration determinations were not made known to the investigators or to the medical team caring for the patient, except for values lower than 0.4 mmol/L or greater than 3.3 mmol/L.
Follow-up of patients discharged from the emergency department consisted of a telephone call 48 to 72 hours after discharge. Questions were asked to determine whether the patient's status had worsened, whether a second emergency assessment by a physician was required, and whether admission to a hospital had become necessary.
The primary outcome of this study was a change in PEFR. Secondary outcome measures were changes in FEV1 and FVC and emergency department disposition. Data were analyzed with the χ2 statistic for categorical variables, a repeated-measures analysis of variance, and the 2-tailed paired t test with a Bonferroni adjustment for continuous variables. An a priori power analysis indicated that 40 patients (20 in each group) would be necessary to detect a 25% difference in PEFR (with α equal to .20, and β equal to .05). At interim analysis, 30 patients were enrolled in the study. Clinically important differences were noted between the 2 groups at that time and study enrollment was closed.
Thirty-eight patients were enrolled in the study, 8 of whom were excluded because of unacceptable spirometry efforts (as determined by the computerized spirometer). Of the 30 remaining patients, 16 were randomly assigned to the IVMg group and 14 to the placebo group. These subjects had a suboptimal response to β-agonist therapy in the emergency department. The mean age of the patients in the IVMg group was 10.9 ± 0.9 years, and 68% were male. Table 1 demonstrates that baseline demographic and clinical variables were evenly distributed between the 2 groups except for systolic blood pressure, which was slightly, but significantly, higher in the IVMg group.
There were no differences between the 2 groups in the number of emergency department visits, or hospital ward or intensive care unit admissions in the 12 months prior to enrollment in the study. The most common trigger for asthma exacerbation varied equally between the 2 groups and included upper respiratory tract infections, allergens, and changes in the weather.
The types of home therapies used were consistent between the 2 groups, including β-agonists (oral, inhaler, nebulization), cromolyn sodium, and/or corticosteroids. Of note, 2 patients in the placebo group and 1 patient in the IVMg group were given 1 mg/kg of oral prednisolone within the 24 hours prior to the start of the study infusion. Each of these 3 patients received only 1 dose of oral corticosteroids prior to coming to the emergency department.
The mean time between receiving corticosteroids (orally or intravenously) in the emergency department and the start of infusion was 33.6 ± 28.2 minutes for the IVMg group and 27.4 ± 19.8 minutes for the placebo group. There were also no significant differences between the 2 groups in the amount or timing of nebulizations given in the emergency department before or during infusion (Table 2).
The PFTs, represented as percent predicted values, improved significantly for the patients who received IVMg when compared with those who received the placebo infusion (Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3). The PEFR improved at all of the analyzed time points (Figure 1): at 20 minutes (completion of infusion) (P<.001), 50 minutes (P<.001), and 110 minutes (P<.001). Comparing the improvement from baseline FEV1 between the 2 groups yielded a similar pattern (Figure 2). Differences were significant at the end of infusion and 30 minutes after infusion, and most pronounced at the end of the study period (P<.001). Forced vital capacity demonstrated similar results (Figure 3) at all 3 time points.
A comparison of the absolute change in percent predicted PEFR (peak expiratory flow rate) values in the intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) and placebo groups. P<.001.
A comparison of the absolute change in percent predicted FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) values in the intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) and placebo groups. P<.001.
A comparison of the absolute change in percent predicted FVC (forced vital capacity) values in the intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) and placebo groups. P<.001.
The percentage of improvement from baseline PEFR was compared between the 2 groups. Patients treated with IVMg had a significantly greater change in percentage from entry-level PEFR (Figure 4). This effect became significant at 20 minutes (P<.001) and continued through to the end of the observation period, displaying an even greater effect at 110 minutes (P<.001).
A comparison of the percent change from baseline percent predicted PEFR (peak expiratory flow rate) values in the intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) and placebo groups. P<.001.
At the end of the assessment period, all 14 of the placebo-treated patients required admission to the hospital, whereas 8 (50%) of 16 patients who received IVMg were discharged to their homes (P = .002). Of the 8 discharged patients, 100% completed a follow-up telephone call. All of the discharged patients remained improved and none of these patients required another emergency care visit or hospital admission.
Serum magnesium concentrations obtained 30 minutes after the infusion was completed (Table 2) revealed an increase from 0.63 ± 0.01 mmol/L prior to the infusion to 1.46 ± 0.02 mmol/L in the IVMg group. There was no change in those patients who received placebo (0.63 ± 0.02 mmol/L to 0.62 ± 0.02 mmol/L) 30 minutes after the infusion. Deep tendon reflexes were monitored during each measuring interval during the study period. All patients had normal, 2/4, brachial and patellar reflexes at the start of and throughout the study period.
There were significant differences noted in the clinical asthma scores between the 2 groups, but these differences occurred later in the observation period—at 95 minutes (1.4 for the IVMg group vs 2.5 for the placebo group, P<.001) and 110 minutes (1.1 for the IVMg group vs 2.4 for the placebo group, P<.001). There were no intergroup differences noted for systolic blood pressure at any point during the infusion or measurement periods.
With an increase in the dose of IVMg to 40 mg/kg, significant improvements in spirometry were noted earlier and the clinical effects were even greater than previously reported. Our original study using 25-mg/kg IVMg doses showed significant effects in PEFR and FEV130 minutes after the infusion was completed.23 The maximum effect was noted at the end of the study period for all 3 measures of pulmonary function. This higher-dose trial demonstrates similar trends but with greater improvements. Figure 5 compares the percentage of improvement from baseline PEFR in our initial study (25 mg/kg) with the present higher-dose trial at 20 minutes (end of the infusion), 50 minutes (30 minutes after the completion of the infusion), and 110 minutes (the end of the study period). Earlier and more pronounced effects in pulmonary function translated to a lower admission rate for the patients in the 40-mg/kg IVMg group compared with the IVMg group in the lower-dose trial (8/16 [50%] vs 11/16 [69%]). This translates to 1 prevented admission for every 2 pediatric patients with asthma in our study treated with 40-mg/kg IVMg.
A comparison of percentage of improvement from baseline percent predicted PEFR (peak expiratory flow rate) in our lower- and higher-dose trials. P<.001.
The results of our 2 trials using IVMg in children are strikingly different from the results published in the adult literature. The adult studies report inconsistent results: the earlier investigations demonstrated beneficial effects,13- 19 while the more recent larger trials did not demonstrate significant improvements in pulmonary function.20,21 Our results are consistent, displaying similar trends at both of the investigated doses. Also, the improvements in pulmonary function were greater in our pediatric population when compared with the adult data that demonstrated beneficial effects. In the present study we documented a greater than 80% improvement in PEFR in children. In contrast, the greatest effect reported in the adult literature was a 40% improvement in PEFR.18 These differences may be due to the constructs of the studies themselves or to variability in dosing, though it is conceivable that IVMg is truly more effective in children than in adults. Children do not yet suffer from the detrimental chronic changes of a long-standing pulmonary disease such as asthma. The younger, potentially healthier respiratory system of a pediatric patient may therefore be more responsive and better able to benefit from IVMg therapy.
This study has pertinent limitations. The data set included patients from 2 different tertiary care pediatric emergency departments. Though the 2 centers approached children with asthma in a similar fashion, they could not be identical. Comparing the 2 centers with regard to baseline characteristics (including demographics, initial vital signs of patients, clinical asthma scores, and PFTs), patient history of asthma exacerbation, and medications given before and during the infusion revealed no statistically significant differences between the 2 patient groups. The PFT outcomes and the number of admitted patients were not significantly different between the 2 centers.
As with all asthma studies, it is difficult to control for the multitude of variables involved. Patients continued to receive other medications at the discretion of the medical team, for the hospital review boards could not approve a predetermined treatment schedule during the study period. The withholding of standard therapies or the addition of possibly unnecessary nebulizations was not considered ethical. This lack of standardization could have posed a significant problem if, for example, delays between bronchodilator treatments disproportionately affected 1 group. Despite this lack of a treatment protocol, there were no significant differences noted in the number or type of nebulizations given, nor in the timing of steroids given prior to the start of the study infusion (Table 2). We chose a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled study design to minimize these variables.
Another limitation of the study was the 2-g maximum dose. Though this ensured safety, it caused 5 of the 16 patients in the IVMg group to receive less than the 40-mg/kg investigated dose (mean dose, 35 mg/kg). This underdosing of almost one third of the IVMg group may have caused the reported effects to be underestimated. Lastly, patients were excluded if they were unable to perform spirometry. This included children who were younger than 6 years or who were severely distressed. Therefore, our findings cannot be directly applied to younger children or to those in severe respiratory distress.
The salutory effects of IVMg on pulmonary function and on the emergency department discharge rate in this clinical trial recommend further investigation into the role of IVMg in childhood asthma. Future studies may investigate ideal doses of IVMg, possibly higher than 40 mg/kg, to determine the maximum dose necessary to provide safe and optimal effects. Inpatient studies could evaluate the potential of continuous infusion to decrease the length of hospital stay. Additionally, future studies may determine whether IVMg can be used safely and effectively in the intensive care setting or in patients younger than 6 years.
In conclusion, IVMg given as a single 40-mg/kg dose is a safe, fast-acting, and effective adjunct in the treatment of moderate to severe asthma in the pediatric emergency department. It can be considered for patients in status asthmaticus who have not adequately responded to nebulization therapy.
Accepted for publication May 5, 2000.
Presented at the Presidential Plenary at the American Pediatric Association Meeting, New Orleans, La, May 4, 1998.
Corresponding author: Lydia Ciarallo, MD, Potter Building #206, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903.
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He was the master of motivation, the admiral of the air horn and the idea man behind the black suits on the flight to Phoenix for the anticipated funeral after the death of the Patriots' perfect season.
Just once, Antonio Pierce would like to see a leader on the current Giants team take a chance like that, to make himself the target, to do something out of the norm, to show some fight.
In short, to lead a team that badly needs direction.
"The best way leaders emerge is when things hit the fan, when things get tough, they stand up taller than everybody else," the former Giants middle linebacker and current ESPN analyst said by phone Monday. "They're not afraid to go out on a limb, they're not afraid to put everything that's going wrong on their back. When I listen to the Giants, I don't hear that. I hear 'me' and 'I.' I don't hear 'us' or 'we.'
"You can talk about team, but until you use those words, you can't be (a team)."
The one-time defensive captain was hot Monday after seeing the Giants blow chance after chance to take control of Sunday's matchup with the Redskins, a game they lost 23-10 to knock them back into second place in the NFC East with two games to play.
Making matters worse was what ensued: Antrel Rolle's saying injured players need to practice during the week, leading many to believe he was talking about defensive captain Justin Tuck. Rolle said he wasn't pointing at Tuck, but Tuck and Ahmad Bradshaw are the two players who most fit Rolle's criteria.
It's Rolle's way of trying to spark this team. While Pierce and coach Tom Coughlin didn't like the method, they agreed with the intent behind the message: Now is the time to give a little more and play a lot better.
"I think there is peer pressure," Coughlin said on a conference call Monday with reporters. "I wish there was more. I don't know necessarily that's the way it is in our league anymore. I wish it was. You have strength in people to be looked at in terms of how they prepare, how they play the game, and hopefully there's enough of that, that everyone rallies around it right now.
"And I think we will. I think there will be a unified commitment to playing well together. There's no finger-pointing, there's none of that. There's plenty of blame to go around."
Tuck chose not to air it publicly, saying, "Some of the things I have in my gut to say, I'll keep to myself."
Asked later whether this would be a week he might let it all out, he replied, "We'll see."
Pierce would like to see somebody let it out on the field.
"I've been booed before and I've been cheered there before, and I know how to make them cheer: You show them heart. They just want to see some more fight," Pierce said. "As long as you're still swinging, they're good. But when you sit down and you're on the sideline and your body language tells them otherwise, you're going to get the reaction they got."
Tuck has admitted his body language isn't the greatest, especially when he's hurting. Last year, in another moment when Rolle seemed to be talking about Tuck, the former Cardinal said he was stunned to see "so-called leaders hanging their heads" late in the loss to the Colts.
Pierce saw a lot of the same Sunday.
"The one guy (playing hard) consistently is Jason Pierre-Paul. But he's so young and raw, so you look at your older guys," Pierce said. "You look at Tuck, Mathias Kiwanuka, Corey Webster, Antrel Rolle. Those have to be the guys who during the game — that's the key word: during the game — do something to raise everybody up, to make everybody play at another level.
"What's happening right now, nobody's making a play or saying anything until after the game. It's too late. It's too late."
Pierce invoked the Giants' slogan from their Super Bowl XLII: "Talk is cheap, play the game."
With a laugh, he said, "It's still true."
Pierce pointed to his friend and fellow middle linebacker Ray Lewis, whom he saw displaying that sort of fire throughout the Ravens' big loss to the Chargers on Sunday.
Lewis' teams have bad games. So did the teams Pierce helped lead. But he said they always played with passion the likes of which he isn't seeing from the Giants.
"I hear them saying, 'Our backs are against the wall and we're going to come out fighting,' " Pierce said, "but I don't hear it from all 53 players and I don't see it from all 53 players."
Or even from the few charged with getting such reactions out of their teammates.
"Sometimes you have to do something that's out of the norm for you to get your team going when you're a leader," Pierce said. "That has to be you. You have to be comfortable enough to want that role and not be scared of getting the backlash if you're right or wrong.
"You take the good with the bad."
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Some select quotes from the rest of our interview with Pierce:
On the lack of fire: "I don't see it and I haven't seen it all year. But what happens is when you're winning everything gets covered up, gets swept under the rug. ... I'm not saying you always have to be a rah-rah guy. Either you're that guy or you're a guy who goes out there and you play lights out for 60 minutes. It's that one play, it's something you say, it's the look in your eye, it's the way you play. Maybe you don't make a play, but it's the way you play. They're not showing any fire. When you watch the Giants play (Sunday), there's no leadership and no sense of urgency. Until the clock hits zero, the Giants still have a chance to win because that's a low-scoring game. And they're a team that can score 30 points. So from the defensive side of the ball to the offensive side, where's the sense of urgency? And that comes from the players. No coach can do that. They can get the play call in quicker, but you as players have to do it during the 60 minutes."
On players who aren't natural leaders trying to lead: "Then those guys shouldn't have been put in position. Leadership, you're born with it. I've got a little boy. I can tell if he's a leader or not. I know he's going to be one. I can see it. I've got another boy, he still needs some guidance."
On where blame lies for the lack of leadership: "Being truthful, it always starts up top. It starts with Coach Coughlin. He knows that. He has to know this team better than anybody else. So he knows, 'Who's that one guy I can cuss him out in a meeting, I can get after his tail?' And he's going to say, 'All right, you know what, I'm going to get the rest of the guys going and get after Coach and prove a point.' I don't know if he has enough Coach Coughlin-type guys. What is that? Coach Coughlin is a blue-collar guy. He talks in simple terms. You want everybody to speak the same language. ... In '06, all we did was talk about one another, what they did wrong, what I did great. There wasn't a 'we.' What'd we do? We changed it. We said, 'We're going to buy into this, Coach.' What do we need to say? 'Us, we, team.' What were the results? It got us a championship. Did we get on a run? Yeah, but why did we get on a run? Because it was us against the world."
On how things changed in '07: "We weeded some guys out, some guys had to come in, we had to be a little more harsh with our criticism and oour critique and you had to be accountable. My thing was, when I was in the huddle, I wanted to see all 20 eyes. And I wanted them to see mine and know they could count on me. For 60 minutes, I was going to be on the field. I was going to fight until I had no more fight in me. That's what guys need to see. When I see Jason Pierre-Paul, there's no reason why a defensive end should have 16 tackles in a game, except for when they're picking on him. And that's not the case. That lets you know for 60 minutes, this guy's going to get after it."
On the culture in '07: "The one thing we always looked at before we walked out of the tunnel was one of us were going to make a play and do something to change the game. That's what you need to believe in. Go out there and make plays. You have to make things happen. The Giants did that Sunday. That's what's so frustrating. First play of the game, interception. Then three and out. And it seemed like they started losing their swagger. And then another interception. And then the Redskins made some plays and the swagger was gone the rest of the game in a game that was only a touchdown or two away from tying it up. That's what people are seeing. When you have things right there in your hands and you can grab it, you've gotta grab it. I know when I was there we lost some games that were stupid and silly but I don't know how many times we went out there and didn't show fire or passion. That was one thing we were going to do. We had an eff it mentality. If we lose by a lot of points, it stings. But you don't lay down, you don't give up and you don't lose that look in your eye."
On whether he agrees with Rolle saying guys need to play and practice hurt: "I was the first one to say it. I think I need to check my copyright statements. That's just how it is. That's the National Football League. When I came in the league, I played with guys that played 20 years in the league, Bruce Smith, Darrell Green. These guys played hurt. I watched them. I was young. I knew I could run around for a while. But I saw what these guys were doing every day. And you know what? They didn't take every snap. But they were out there. And that's accountability. You're out there with your boys. I don't like to use war terms but you're out there with your soldiers, you're out there with your guys. You know when things get rough, this dude's going to be there. I think what Rolle was saying, and I hope I'm not putting words in his mouth, was he's not sure if those guys are going to be there on Sunday. That's how I interpreted it."
On Rolle's timing: "I don't like when he did it. He delivered it after the game. I like getting to that on Wednesday or Thursday. After the game, guys are a little sensitive to it. It creates a little buzz. Wednesday and Thursday, it grabs a guy's attention and impacts the rest of the week. And by Sunday it's all over and done with. But after the game guys are emotional."
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Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies.
If you are looking for that one secret ingredient that will truly take your chocolate chip cookies to the next level and really give them that "wow" factor, then surprise! You actually already have this ingredient in your kitchen: butter! Browning butter is my little magic trick.
Taking a few extra minutes to brown the butter before adding it to your recipe truly makes a WORLD of a difference. It adds a rich, nutty undertone to your baked good and almost tastes like caramel and butterscotch at the same time. Is that even possible?
Oh, and it makes your kitchen smell heavenly.
Browning butter instructions: on medium heat in a shallow pan, melt the butter until it has a golden amber color (like the color pictured ↑), with a distinct nutty smell. once it reaches this point (about 8-9 minutes), remove from heat immediately & pour into a separate dish before using in recipe. be very sure not to burn the butter. there is only about a 60 second timeline between browned butter & burnt butter.
**Don't burn that butter! Burnt butter tastes bitter and no one wants to take a bitter bite out of a cookie. 😉
Toffee pairs wonderfully with the caramel and butterscotch undertones in the brown butter. I added it all to the cookie dough and the result is an amazingly chewy, caramel-y, chocolate-y, buttery cookie with an incredible toffee crunch.
The cookies are ultra soft and chewy, too. Be sure to bake up a double batch because these go quickly!
Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: 2.5 dozen
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup toffee bits (Heath Bar Bits 'o Brickle baking pieces)
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly. Remove from heat immediately when the butter begins to turn brown (about 8 minutes). Pour into a shallow dish and chill until it become solid, but still soft. (I left mine in the fridge for 2 hours and let it get back to room temperature for a few minutes)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. With an electric or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Add the vanilla. Mix in the flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined. Add the chocolate chips and toffee bits and mix until incorporated into the dough.
Drop by rounded 1 inch balls onto baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, until edges are just beginning to brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cookies stay fresh up to 1 week in an airtight container.
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6 Responses to "Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies."
So happy you enjoyed these cookies! I love the addition of toffee bits, yum!!
brown butter cookies are my favorite!
Oh wow, the browned butter in these has got to just take them to another level…YUM!!!
this looks so good!! love that you combined brown butter and toffee together WITH choc chips! out of this world 🙂
Sally, these cookies look melt in your mouth GOOD! What a great recipe from a great fellow blogger. Thanks for sharing your mouthwatering photos, too! Have a great weekend. 🙂


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What will the future of health and healthcare look like? In a series of blog posts by the World Economic Forum's Strategic Foresight and Health teams, a number of leading voices will present their own visions for the future. Contributions are linked to the Scenarios for Sustainable Health Systems project, the Workplace Wellness Alliance and the Healthy Living Initiative. In the following post, Andrew Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Proteus Digital Health, shares his perspective on the future of health.
Healthcare in the 21st century will be transformed by a new utility more available than water or electricity: mobile Internet. In the 20th century, we all plugged into electricity and transformed our homes, factories and hospitals. In this century, we are all plugging into the Internet, and even greater benefits are emerging.
The potential to create new models of access, payment and innovation in healthcare is something existing large players may be reluctant to embrace. It threatens established power structures in governments, major pharmaceutical companies, physician practices and nursing care systems. So, until the problems we face in our current healthcare system become a full-blown crisis, the pace of change may seem rather slow. But the crisis is coming and the Internet is already here. And when change comes, instead of healthcare being powered by them, it's going to be powered by you.
About the only thing spreading faster than chronic disease – dementia, depression and diabetes – is mobile phones. Many owners of these devices are the people who manage chronic disease day to day: family caregivers, usually women who are mothers and adult daughters. Today, this is already by far the largest group of healthcare workers in the world. The most important tools they have are medicines. In the future, they will get help from their mobile phones as well.
We know medicines have tremendous therapeutic potential. We also know that, in much of the world, the supply of medicine is corrupted by fakes. Even when real drugs are available, there is a good chance they won't get used properly. That's not because mothers and adult daughters are incapable. The problem is that they are most often not trained healthcare workers: they need information, education and motivation to use medicines properly.
Digital technology can be used to solve these problems. Medicines can be quickly authenticated by a mobile phone at point-of-sale, their use tracked by the consumer and individual response measured – automatically. This kind of information can assist patients learning to take medicines at the correct time, help titrate doses to get the right amount of drug, rotate to a different medicine if it's not working and maybe eliminate drugs that are not helpful. These simple steps, combined with minor changes in behaviour, can often be the key to staying at home and avoiding an expensive hospital visit.
This prescription for digital health is not a wild dream. It's a paradigm all around us already – for shopping, entertainment and financial services. Health is poised to catch up.
Many folks think the big barrier is persuading someone else – a government or insurance company – to pay for these digital health products before they get commercialized. That could mean a big complicated clinical study, likely requiring years of testing with costs built into the resulting product. Think "expensive".
I don't agree. The big barrier is creating a solution so obvious, so useful, so full of delight and so affordable that many mothers would pay themselves. Think "value for money". Governments and private insurance companies will quickly pay for products if they deliver health benefits in the real world, and evidence gathered through regular consumers will be the most convincing.
That means being focused on delivering solutions that help real people right away, as well as delivering on longer-term clinical results. The kind of immediate value I am thinking about includes ensuring grandmas with heart failure feel safe at home, sons with bipolar disease sense love when they are away at college, daughters with diabetes understand how to stay stable and mothers are reassured that they have the tools they need to keep their family as healthy as they can be, wherever they are.
Don't blink. There are 5.5 billion people with a mobile phone around the globe. Mothers are everywhere as well. And we just can't afford our current healthcare system. Digital health for everyone will be everywhere, and much sooner than you may expect.
Author: Andrew Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Proteus Digital Health, USA
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Fayetteville resident Karyn Plante, a nurse with University Hospital's vascular access team, has created a fund in memory of her brother, Air Force Tech Sgt. Timothy Weiner, who was killed in Iraq last month.
Plante said her brother was haunted by the sight of children disfigured by the ravages of war that is why she established the Sgt. Timothy Weiner Fund to support the Central New York Cleft and Craniofacial Center at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The center provides surgery and follow-up care for infants and children with cleft palate and other head and facial anomalies. It treats more than 300 children annually.
"Tim responded to a call that there was a large IED [improvised explosive device] outside of a village," Plante said. "When the soldiers arrived, the decision was made to detonate the IED, and they proceeded to evacuate the surrounding area. Afterward, they found a five-year-old girl who had hidden. Her face was wounded badly. Tim felt responsible and was devastated."
Plante said her brother spoke often about the war, but this story of the little girl wounded by the explosive was the one that had the most profound effect on him. "I know that helping children in this way, would have made him most proud, and it is a fitting way to honor him, as well," Plante said.
Weiner, 35, of Rochester, was killed in January along with two fellow airmen while trying to diffuse explosives in a vehicle near Baghdad. A bomb expert, Weiner was concluding his second tour of duty in Iraq and was scheduled to return to the United States at the end of January. While on duty, Weiner responded to nearly 200 calls involving IEDs and is credited with saving many hundreds of lives.
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Lenovo A8-50
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo A8-50
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While the Lenovo TAB A8 doesn't offer anything in particular that makes it stand out from the crowd of competing slates, it has a lot of good things going for it, battery life arguably being at the top of them all. The design is solid but light, and the display -- while not the sharpest out there -- is bright and suitable to the needs of casual users.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/14/2014
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At $179, the Lenovo A8 stacks up well against other 8-inch Android tablets, as it offers longer battery life and a richer and more accurate (albeit dimmer) screen. With any budget tablet, you have to temper your expectations, as the A8 had trouble on more demanding activities, such as 3D games. But if you're looking for an inexpensive and portable Android tablet, the Lenovo A8 is a solid option.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/13/2014
Rating: Total score: 80%
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
MT8121: Quad-core ARM SoC with an integrated PowerVR SGX 544 GPU for tablets.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
This display size is a threshold between tablets and smartphones. Most tablets have larger screen diagonals but a lot of smartphones offer such a big screen.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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This weight is somewhat high for a smartphone. Smartphones with a big screen and small tablets weigh as much, usually.
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In your "Support menu" under "Games", it states that "Hunter The Reckoning (2)" is playable on the "New" 360. But "Hunter The Reckoning Redeemer" which is the second game of the series will not play on the New 360. http://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/xbox-games/play-original-games. How do I go about getting this Fixed?
If it's not backwards compatible there's nothing you can do to make it work. They stopped adding games to the list in 2007 and all support for original games ended in 2010.
The game is on the playable list! But the damn thing won't play! if it's on the list, you should be able to play it and if you can't they need to take it off the list!
it is just the way it is some games play and some sequels in your case of reedemer is not on that list and will not play there is no fix, the only way to play the games not on that list is to play them on an old xbox.
XBOX 360, kicking other consoles backsides since 2005.
Yeah, the sequel is not on the list. Only the first game is.
I am having the exact same problem with fable which is on the list (I checked, checked, and uh let's see here checked again and it always says the same thing download again which I've don e a million times and it doesn't work so I would really appreciate some help
start a new thread instead of bumping a 4 year old one all bumping threads does it get them locked sorry.


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The end is near! The end is near! Students and more than a few teachers are counting down the days, minutes and seconds until the end. The end of the school year is very nearby....
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Observed Properties of Liquid Helium
The thermal diffusivity is defined as
The values of density have been given in Chapter 1 and of thermal conductivity have been given in Chapter 15. The specific heat at constant pressure needed in Bénard convection experiments in helium I is a somewhat unusual quantity. The heating of the cell is done with the cold end thermally anchored to the main bath at the saturated vapor pressure. The liquid on the warm end expands at constant pressure, and therefore the value of specific heat must be evaluated at each temperature at the vapor pressure. We denote this quantity Cps as and defined as
Vm is the molar volume of helium,
is the first derivative of the saturated vapor pressure (Chapter 17),
and the and thermal expansion coefficient and specific heat have been
discussed in Chapters 1 and 7. Therefore we simply give a table of recommended
values for reference purposes. To convert from m2/s to cm2/s multiply
by 104.
Table 18.1. Table of recommended values of the thermal diffusivity of helium I at the saturated vapor pressure.
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Prounced Brethrin
A very good friend of yours.
Like a best friend, homeslice, or someone u go back very far with.
A very good friend of yours.
Like a best friend, homeslice, or someone u go back very far with.
Anonymous tarafından 19 Mayıs 2003, Pazartesi
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Can you define these popular missing words?
It jus means friend
Yo dat gals ma bredrin dont be cussin her!
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your friends, homies etc
yo sup bredrin
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"Bredrin" is the Rastafarian subdialect word for Brethren. With original religious implications, the word later took on the Bible definition of "brother". Hence, one who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another.
"Tied not by blood but by heart, we are bredrins for life!"
"Keepin' it vegan mi bredrin!"
"Keepin' it vegan mi bredrin!"
Lemlok tarafından 14 Eylül 2006, Perşembe
bredrin means a close group of friends who you treat as family.
my 3 best friends are my bredrins
emma haggis tarafından 10 Ekim 2004, Pazar
your close friends, also you can describe a person who you hung with. bredrins is an amrican slang word used by afro american in US now used commomly in the UK to describe friends and close people.
these are my bredrins- refering to a group OF close friend. gals also call bredrins bois they link up for some activity.
mass-pedro tarafından 19 Haziran 2006, Pazartesi
This is just another term for a good friend in birmingham street slang.
What up bredrin, or you cool bredrin
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Twenty-two faculty and staff members were recognized at a luncheon Feb. 9 for their accomplishments in obtaining sponsored research awards for The University of Texas-Pan American.
"Thank you for joining us in this celebration of research. As we prepare and transform the scholar at this University, you are playing a critical role," said Dr. Paul Sale, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs and acting UTPA president, who spoke to the gathering in a videotaped message.
Joined by other leading grant and funding recipients at the University, attendees were also greeted by Dr. Wendy Lawrence-Fowler, vice provost for Research and Sponsored Projects, who praised their performance, indicating that from 2000 to the end of fiscal year 2008, the amount of sponsored research awards at UTPA totaled more than $306 million. Additionally, Sale noted UTPA's significant increase in the past five years in publications in Tier One journals, the increase in intellectual property, patents and copyrights and the increase in the commercialization of intellectual assets, licensing and initiating the creation and incubation of startups.
Recognized for obtaining awards (monies received and processed) totaling more than $1 million from 2000 through September 2008 were Dr. Bruce Reed, Dr. Karen Lozano, Dr. Karen Watt, Dr. Cindy Wedig, Dr. John McBride, Dr. Eva Miller, Marilyn Hagerty, George Bennack, Dr. Martha Cantu, Richard Trevino, and Dr. Edwin LeMaster.
Honored for obtaining awards totaling more than $1 million as well as an individual award of $1 million or more were Dr. Miguel Gonzalez, Dr. Wendy Lawrence-Fowler, Dr. Ana Maria Rodriguez, Dr. Jamie B. Curts and Dr. Martha J. Yanes (co-principal investigators), Dr. Olga Ramirez, Dr. Hassan Ahmad, Dr. Richard Fowler, Dr. Jose Pagan, Dr. Yuankun Lin and Dr. Van Reidhead.
Sale said he hoped to make this an annual event to recognize the pioneering work by University faculty and staff in building a culture at UTPA focused on research and the partnerships researchers have made with other academic institutions, corporation or government that advance opportunities for further research and commercialization of intellectual assets. He offered institutional support to further the University's research focused mission and goals.
"We need to have a more entrepreneurial approach, to leverage our research and synergies both within and across disciplines and to seek opportunities in new and emerging fields of research that provide social, cultural and economic benefit. Let me assure you that we are continuously working to improve the infrastructure, policies and procedures to expedite your knowledge of opportunities available, your ability to efficiently and effectively manage your award and your ability to leverage your awards into even greater opportunities," he said.
For more information on research at UTPA, log on to the Office of Research and Sponsored Project's Web site at http://www.utpa.edu/orsp/.


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I watched TV broadcasted by whom I believe to be Takeshi Honda. He was extremely calm throughout their performances and I do not recall his favoring either Plushy or Evan. He cheered for Dai, but he did not fail to point out the UR in his 3-3 in SP.
Last edited by Bennett; 02-21-2010 at 12:13 AM.
Ah, Takeshi Honda such an underrated skater... I would like to see Lysacek beat Takeshi's 4cc long program where he landed 2 quad toes and a quad salchow LOL
Unless somehow my broadcast was over-dubbed with completely different commentators who expressed no favourtism, aside from gushing over Patrick Chan's movement across the ice (saying that nobody moves like him), Stephane's spins (saying that they're like an optical illusion), Denis' bright future, joy over Javier's drunken pirate footwork and Adrian's escaped mental patient program... nothing saying 'Skater X deserved to get this place and I disagree with their marks.'
You mean people are just making up what commentators said? I can do that, too. Why, here in Stankonia, our commentators said all the men were jive *** turkeys except for Adrian Schultheiss, who was off tha hook and should've won.
NBC commentators, particularly Sandra Bezic, has listed all the possible faults in Plushenko's program and how bad Plushenko has skated during his skating and before his scores came out.
Thanks for creating this thread. It's been really interesting to read the different reactions to the men's free skate event. I think I like the Dutch's take on commentating the best. Just keep it neutral and describe the positives and negatives of each skater. That's all I ask. It's one of the reasons why I can enjoy the ice dance competition b/c I feel that Tracy Wilson is closer to my ideal, than the other NBC commentators....
Plushenko was lucky to be on the podium, in my opinion. Everything about his skating (aside from the amazing Triple Axel in the Short Program) was lower in quality than it was 4 years ago. The jumps weren't as crisp. The footwork wasn't nearly as dynamic. He didn't skate with speed or uncontrollable enthusiasm. His edge quality was actually embarrasing by his standards...4 years ago he had the strongest, most-assured edges out of any skater and at this competition he was pretty shallow on his blades and lacked ease between changes of edge. Even the spins were weaker.
I'd love it if we could stop talking about both of these turkeys. The best performances of the competition came from the Japanese men. Takahashi in the SP and Kozuka in the LP. As I said in another thread, I would have had the overall rankings as:
1. Takahashi (1, 3)
2. Lysacek (2, 4)
3. Kozuka (6, 1)
4. Weir (5, 2)
5. Plushenko (3, 5)
6. Chan (8, 6)
7. Lambiel (7, 7)
8. Oda (4, 8)
Last edited by aurora100; 02-21-2010 at 01:34 AM.
I have to tell you,the actual Chinese commentator of the competition said it could go either way.And She was OK with the result. Definitely not a joke for her.
I just can't rememberfor sure was it Eurosport or National TV2 I watched, I followed both just to listen what both commentators think, they both are Finnish, though. But the commentator I listened was sure after Evgeni had skated that it was the performance worth of gold and was quite suprised it wasn't. But she (a lady commentator, Eurosport has a male, too) said maybe the unclean landings had so much effect. She liked Evan, too. I think it was Eurosport, sorry I never remeber the names. Finns, Is Anuliisa Uotila on tv2?