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June is my favorite month, as the year heads into the long, warm, perfect days of summer.
It means that in Honolulu, my hometown, the streets and boulevards are festooned with blossoms from old flowering trees - high gold trees on the lawns of the public buildings, pink and yellow shower trees gracefully hanging over the highways.
In the valley where I grew up, the yards are loaded with mangoes and plumerias of all scents and hues. There's enough yellow plumeria on Oahu to drape the statue of Kamehameha downtown with long, long strands reaching the ground. I wonder how many people contributed the flowers.
June also means the return of the shama thrush to my mother's garden, with its coloratura performances at dawn and dusk. We dropped what we were doing when it sang and gave ourselves over to its enthralling vocabulary of whistles, trills and inventions, each song a different composition.
Sonny Gamponia once told me that birds call to mark their territory. Each male learns the family song from his father, then amends it slightly to make it his own. The thrush in my mother's garden must need a wide berth, for its lyrical notes ring out like chimes.
June on Maui has its own joys, of course. I drove one day from sweltering Kahului to a friend's pretty yellow house at the top of Piiholo Road, where the air grew blessedly cool even though there was no wind. I was early, and pulled on to a side street to wait.
The neighborhood dogs barked madly defending against this intrusion but soon fell still. I was alone with a choir of birds singing their mellifluous harmonies from the high trees. These Olinda birds are the true singers, unlike the happy chirpers at our place down below. Their fluted song reverberated, casting a peace.
I must say that compared to Honolulu, parking under the tiny, little trees in Maui parking lots is a real letdown.
Section 19.36A.070 of the county's enlightened parking lot ordinance, created by Chris Hart when he was planning director in the late '80s, states: "Large crown shade trees shall be provided at minimum regular intervals for every five spaces throughout the parking area."
Costco and Walmart have fine shower trees in their parking lots. Don't you love when you find a space on a hot day under a sizeable tree? More and more, however, polite little highly-pruned trees are being substituted, as aesthetics on this island consistently loses out to practicality. Business people want more parking, not more trees.
In 2007, the county redesigned its sidewalk standards and overcompensated with efforts to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The result is sidewalk rights of way so large there's no room left to plant anything but little lollipop trees.
Apparently Mayor Alan Arakawa agrees with this trend to end large trees in county parking lots where the planting spaces dwindle because the priority is more parking. He recently refused an offer from residents of the Wailea Ulua condominiums who wanted to replace four of the giant monkeypod trees the county allowed to be bulldozed down - without Arborist Committee review - at the Ulua/Mokapu parking lot.
Not enough space, the word came down, even though a professional landscaper who knows her business had scouted out appropriate positions and techniques exist now to plant monkeypods so their roots will never intrude.
The milo trees the county elected to install instead are medium sized, with 25 foot crowns at maturity, a poor choice. Because these trees drop seeds and rubbish all year, they'll be pruned into insignificance before they can reach a decent spread.
What happens when the county doesn't enforce its own ordinances? Nothing. This anti-large tree bias in local government means we are becoming an island without an urban forest - one that saves energy, produces oxygen, cools the air, and yes, dare I say it, beautifies the environment.
A large old plumeria tree hangs over the road in Paia, and its pink blossoms look like stars on the pavement. I'm always delighted when I find a parking place beneath it.
We reap the fruit today of those before us who loved the beauty of large trees and planted them. They are becoming part of our past and will have no place in our children's future.
* Laurel Murphy is a former staff writer for The Maui News whose "Keiki o ka 'Aina" column appears each Tuesday. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Longtime DeSoto football coach and Eastern New Mexico graduate Ben Dial died Thursday morning of an apparent heart attack. Dial had coached football for more than 20 years, including the last nine at DeSoto, compiling a 67-42-4 record.
Dial, 54, was on the school's softball field when he suffered the apparent heart attack.
Dial was born in Memphis and graduated from ENMU in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in math and science. He played professional football for the Pittsburg Steelers, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A 10-year-old girl was transported to the hospital after she was struck by a car while riding a bicycle, police said.
The girl was riding in the parking lot of Restorations Incorporated, 1201 S. Division Ave., near Hall Street, when the crash occurred about 6:16 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, police said.
The extent of the girl's injuries was not immediately clear, police said. She was awake as an ambulance transported her to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
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SPRINGFIELD – Every Central football player who returned to the field for preseason practices this fall has already made some adjustments.
The Golden Eagles will start their season Friday against Everett without their three-year starting quarterback, leading receiver, leading rusher, and 16 other players who graduated in the spring in last year's senior class.
That large and talented outgoing class means the returning Central players are adapting to position battles, new roles, new responsibilities and a fair amount of uncertainty as the season approaches.
But the adjustment process for offensive lineman Jorge Camacho is on a whole different level.
Camacho was a linebacker on the team that won the Western Mass. Division II title last year. Before this season started, the Central coaching staff approached the senior with a proposition: they needed him to move to left guard.
At first, according to Central coach Valdamar Brower, Camacho was reluctant. He didn't want to leave a position where he was familiar and comfortable. But after he was convinced that the switch was necessary to help the team, Camacho started working out with the offensive line.
I think I've picked it up quick," Camacho said. "It's a lot of learning to do, you've got to get used to new people you're working with, new techniques."
Not everyone has dealt with a chance as drastic as Camacho's this fall, but with such a shake-up in the depth chart, many players are learning on the fly.
"There's a lot of new starters. As far as preseason goes, there's a lot of guys who have stepped up, gotten onto the depth chart, competed every single day and enjoyed the challenge," Brower said.
Senior linebacker Jastice Bolden said the team has bonded well throughout the early practice's and the team's trip to Camp Watitoh in Becket.
"I feel as a team we're going to grow, we're still growing. We just have to get way better communication. We're learning at practice of course, and we should be ready come Friday night."
Bolden returns as part of a talented and experienced defensive group that includes a pair of senior defensive backs Tysean Williams and Nathaniel Smith, as well as senior lineman Noah Mayberry.
On the other side of the ball, senior Aaron Williams, the younger cousin of three-year starter Cody Williams, will start out the season atop the depth chart at quarterback with multiple weapons around him, including junior running back Tyreque Estrada-Crapps and junior receiver Antoine Williams.
"Aaron did a lot of great things this summer, he had to take care of some academic responsibilities and he rose to the challenge better than he ever did before," Brower said. "He's a very solid athlete, and he did a lot of maturing over the summer off the field."
If the Golden Eagles are able to make another run all the way through the Division II Western Mass. tournament, Bolden said it would feel a little different for him than the previous two.
"It's always going to be the same goal. It's always going to be the same in my heart, but because I'm a senior, it's my last year to ball out," Bolden said.


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Published: 14 Aug 2014 10:51 GMT+02:00
A marital tiff ended up in court this week after a man complained that his wife of ten years had put up photos of the couple on Facebook "without his permission", local daily Il Mattino reported.
The photos, published by the wife on her Facebook profile, were taken during the couple's honeymoon around a decade ago, and included photos of the pair hugging and kissing.
The court ruled in favour of the husband, and the woman has now been forced to take the photos down. The woman may also have to pay damages, Il Mattino said.
In her defense, the wife argued that "the use of social networks is now so advanced that we can consider a Facebook wall to be not unlike a private photo album."
But the court found that, contrary to the wife's defense, the publication of a photo on the internet is "significantly worse" than any other form of publication because privacy cannot be guaranteed by the user.
The court found that the woman had "certainly violated the right to privacy of her husband", citing Article 10 of the civil code and a piece of legislation from 1941 which states that the portrait of a person cannot be displayed, reproduced or sold without the person's consent.
The decision was welcomed by the husband's lawyer, Ciro Renino, who said: "It's an unprecedented decision, which will provide a point of reference for Facebook users."
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I must confess I violated one of the ultimate commandments for sports fans: it's never over before the final buzzer. I wrote a large portion of this post during the 3rd quarter of the Warriors game. Granted, the Warriors had a fifteen point lead and were perfect on the season when given that advantage. The furious final minute got me a little scared but I'm glad I didn't jinx it for my many Bay Area friends.
Congratulations to Golden State and here are my memories from another wonderful season of basketball.
Tip-Off: The 2014 NBA Draft and Off-season:
It all started with new commissioner Adam Silver announcing the Cleveland's selection of Andrew Wiggins, the second Canadian to ever be taken first overall (Anthony Bennett in 2013, also by Cleveland). Of course, he would be traded to Minnesota along with the aforementioned Bennett for Kevin Love, becoming the second number one pick since NBA-ABA merger to never play for the team that drafted him (the first being Chris Webber). Perhaps the most touching moment of the draft was when the NBA drafted Isaiah Austin with a ceremonial pick. Baylor center Isaiah Austin was projected to be a first round pick until he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, ending his basketball career. The NBA made him an honorary draftee and offered him a job to continue working in the sport, a touching gesture.
Phil Jackson tried to take his championship magic to the New York Knicks along with his old PG Derek Fisher as coach. All in all, we had nine brand new coaches, including Dave Blatt and Steve Kerr who would go on to become the first "rookie" head coaches to face off in the NBA Finals since 1946. Assistant coaches don't usually make headlines, except for 16 year WNBA star Becky Hammon, who joined the Spurs as the first woman to serve on an NBA coaching staff. Oh yeah, we also got rid of an awful and racist owner.
The First Half: The Stars are Out
The intense start of the NBA season saw stars being out, both literally and figuratively. The injury bug impacted the likes of Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, and Paul George, highlighting the need to potentially scale back the NBA season as a countermeasure to steadily increasing injury rates. Other stars like James Harden put up insane scoring numbers (45 points on just 18 FGs in one case!) while relative unknowns Kyle Korver and Meyers Leonard shot their way towards the exclusive 50-40-90 club. We witnessed a 37-year record toppled by a 37 point quarter, a second round pick throw down the best dunk of the season, and a journeyman center record a triple double with a season record 12 blocks. Not a bad form of entertainment to get through our favorite named winter storms (ie: Juno).
Halftime show: The Rise of Sports Analytics
One definite thing I've noticed this year is the increased emphasis on analytics and advanced statistics during broadcasts and game recaps. As a huge fan of sports analytics, I couldn't be happier with ESPN/TNT showing me numbers on things like hot zones or game pacing. It's also a fantastic way to introduce more traditional fans to data beyond points per game and number of triple doubles. Of course, there's always resistance from
Charles Barkley old school basketball analysts, as highlighted in a rant where Barkley refers to Daryl Morey (GM of the Rockets) as a talent-less guy who couldn't get girls in high school. Ironically, advanced analytics is one of the great supporters of Barkley's Hall of Fame career.
On the practical side of things, NBA teams are embracing analytics more and more for roster and coaching decisions. ESPN's great analytics rankings identifies 21/30 teams as having at least "one foot in" the door of analytics, with four "all-in" teams. Even more impressive is the fact that all four conference finalists are considered strong believers. Right around the time of the NBA All-Star Game, an entertaining affair with MVP Russell Westbrook throwing down some dunks, was the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. There were two discussions I particularly enjoyed: the future of analytics with representatives from three major leagues and the basketball specific panel featuring one of my favorite players, Shane Battier. I'm hopeful that the NBA watching experience continues this analytical transformation.
Also, Shaq takes a fall, no explanation needed.
The Second Half: At The Buzzer!
The season drew to a close with a down to wire finish for the last playoff spots. The Western Conference once again dominated the top-heavy Eastern Conference (+76 games above .500) for the 15th time in the last 16 years. The imbalance resulted in three Eastern teams making the playoffs without a winning record, and the 45-37 Thunder being left out. The Warriors grabbed an NBA best 67-15 record, the best since Dallas in 2006-2007 season. Meanwhile, the Hawks grabbed the best record in the East playing with one of the most balanced teams in history.
Once the playoffs started, we were treated to a flurry of buzzer beaters, 34 agonizing free throw attempts while debating rule changes, and of course Riley Curry. It all wrapped up with two of the greatest NBA Finals performances of all time: the MVP-worthy individual efforts of Lebron James and the team shooting/defense of Golden State. It would not have surprised me if Lebron became the second Finals losing player to win MVP (after Jerry West) and the NBA updated their logo correspondingly. I can't wait to see all the teams reload once again to chase the dream. The next season is just around the corner beginning with the NBA draft on June 25th (which we could change in following years with some crazy proposals).
Finally, let's not forget that basketball is all about the spectacular plays produced in moments of pure genius. This is without a doubt my favorite move of the season….enjoy! What are your highlights?


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Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) to correct myopia is performed by partially resecting a prescribed thickness of stroma, removing corneal tissue from the exposed stromal bed using the excimer laser, and then replacing the resected stromal tissue. This results in a substantial reduction of the biomechanically effective stress-bearing thickness of cornea provided by the residual stromal bed. There is concern that at some point, the tensile strength of the cornea might be reduced to the degree that progressive ectasia ensues, thereby resulting in steepening of the cornea, irregular astigmatism, and progressive myopia. This becomes a particularly contentious issue when, in the absence of classic clinical evidence of keratoconus, inferior steepening of the cornea seen on corneal topographic scan suggests the possibility of subclinical keratoconus. Herein, we report such a case of progressive ectasia following LASIK.
A 23-year-old Hispanic man sought refractive surgery to correct myopia. Prior to surgery, he relied on spectacles to correct his vision. He reported infrequent changes in his prescription and good visual acuity in the years prior to consultation. His optometrist's records prior to surgery documented a refraction of –12.75 – 2.25 × 65 OD and –8.50 – 1.50 × 79 OS, yielding a visual acuity of 20/30 OU. Findings from slitlamp examination (N.C.C.) revealed no characteristic corneal findings of keratoconus in either eye, including Vogt's striae or a Fleischer ring. Ultrasound pachymetry measurements prior to surgery were 555 µm OD and 560 µm OS.
Corneal topographic scans of the right eye performed prior to surgery demonstrated mild inferonasal steepening with a maximum power of 44.5 diopters (D), simulated keratometry readings of 43.0 × 134/41.5 × 44, and a minimum keratometry reading of 41.3 × 37 (Figure 1, top). Keratoconus screening by Rabinowitz/McDonnell criteria suggested the presence of keratoconus, while screening by Klyce/Maeda criteria identified a 15% similarity to keratoconus. Corneal topographic scans of the left eye showed a homogeneously regular central corneal contour with a central corneal power of approximately 41.28 D (Figure 1, bottom). Keratoconus screening by both Rabinowitz/McDonnell and Klyce/Maeda criteria failed to detect any similarity to keratoconus.
Top, Preoperative corneal topographic map of the right eye demonstrating focal inferonasal steepening. Bottom, Preoperative corneal topographic map of the left eye demonstrating a homogeneously regular central corneal contour. Drop indicates diopters.
The patient underwent bilateral simultaneous LASIK (N.C.C.). A 130-µm flap was created using a manual microkeratome, and ablations 165 µm and 140 µm in depth were performed using an excimer laser (Summit Apex Plus; Summit Technologies, Waltham, Mass) in the stromal beds of the right and left eyes, respectively, estimated to leave residual stromal beds of 260 µm OD and 290 µm OS. On the first postoperative day, the patient's uncorrected visual acuity was 20/40 OD and 20/60 OS, but at the next examination 6 weeks later, it had decreased to 20/400 OU, and his corrected visual acuity was 20/400 OD and 20/30 OS with a refraction of –5.50 sphere OU. A bilateral simultaneous enhancement procedure was performed under the flaps to fully correct the estimated residual myopia, and on the next examination 2 weeks later, the patient's uncorrected visual acuity was 20/400 OD and 20/40 OS. Six weeks later, his best spectacle-corrected visual acuity was 20/25 OU with a refraction of –1.50 – 3.00 × 77 OD and –2.50 –0.75 × 170 OS.
During the next 10 months, the refractive error of the patient's right eye progressed, necessitating frequent spectacle changes, from –3.25 –4.00 × 66 to –11.00 – 4.75 × 71. His best spectacle-corrected visual acuity decreased to 20/200 OD. Subjectively, the left eye remained relatively stable. On examination approximately 1 year following the initial procedures, his best spectacle-corrected visual acuity was 20/100 OD and 20/30 OS with a refraction of –10.50 − 4.00 × 67 OD and –3.75 sphere OS. Findings from slitlamp examination revealed a hinged keratomileusis flap in both corneas and ectasia of the right cornea with a steep central protrusion. Ultrasound pachymetry measurements were 386 µm OD and 485 µm OS. A computed corneal topographic map of the right eye showed profound inferonasal steepening in a keratoconus pattern with an apical corneal power in excess of 50 D (Figure 2), while a map of the left eye showed a well-centered excimer laser ablation with marked flattening. The patient's right eye was fitted with a rigid contact lens, with which he achieved satisfactory visual acuity.
Corneal topographic map of the right eye demonstrating marked focal inferonasal steepening with an apical power greater than 50 diopters.
Keratoconus is generally considered a contraindication for excimer laser refractive surgery, since it is expected that the progression of ectasia is likely to be hastened by the removal of central corneal tissue. Some authors have suggested that the risk is greatly exaggerated and have reported no evident acceleration of ectasia from 6 to 46 months after performing surface photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) on patients with a clinical diagnosis of keratoconus.1 While experience is limited and follow-up brief, these results have prompted others to perform PRK in eyes that might be classified as forme fruste keratoconus; ie, those eyes demonstrating topographic changes suggestive of keratoconus but without notable thinning, ectasia, or scarring. It might be argued that such corneas might share biomechanical properties with those that demonstrate true keratoconus, and so demonstrate an increased tendency toward progression of thinning, myopia, and astigmatism after surgery. Indeed, Kremer et al2 have demonstrated in a study of 8 eyes in 6 patients with mild keratoconus (compound myopic astigmatism and topographic features consistent with keratoconus without notable ectasia, thinning, or scarring) who were followed for more than 3 years after undergoing surface PRK that while most experienced improvement in unaided vision, 1 suffered progression of keratoconus. Conversely, Doyle et al,3 arguing that topographic evidence of inferior corneal steepening in the absence of clinical signs consistent with keratoconus is often artifactitious, performed PRK in 4 such eyes and found the results comparable to those expected in normal eyes with myopic astigmatism.
Therefore, the risk of a poor visual outcome and progressive ectasia after performing surface PRK in eyes with isolated topographic abnormalities suggestive of keratoconus is unclear. Although there is evidence to suggest that performing surface PRK might be successful in select cases, it cannot be assumed that this experience is applicable to patients undergoing LASIK procedures in which ablation is performed in a partial-thickness corneal bed, producing a relatively thinner effective stress-bearing cornea. Our patient provides an instructive case-control study of the risk of ectasia following LASIK in eyes with no observable signs of keratoconus but in which corneal topographic scan findings are suspect. While neither eye demonstrated frank keratoconus, progressive ectasia occurred exclusively in the eye with a suspect corneal topography. Previous reports are few. Seiler and Quurke4 have also described progressive corneal ectasia that occurred in a patient with an asymmetric bow-tie pattern that they interpreted as forme fruste keratoconus. In our case, in addition to an asymmetric bow-tie pattern, other features suggested subclinical keratoconus, including markedly asymmetric topographic scan findings between the 2 eyes and poor initial best spectacle-corrected visual acuity.
It might be postulated that the risk of ectasia following LASIK might be higher than that following PRK because of the relatively thinner effective stress-bearing corneal stroma, but the residual stromal-bed thickness required to avoid progressive corneal ectasia in either topographically normal or abnormal eyes that undergo LASIK is unknown. Based on personal experience, Barraquer5 has suggested a 300-µm thickness of stress-bearing cornea. By comparing the biomechanical properties of keratoconic corneas with normal corneas, Andreassen et al6 have estimated that for the normal cornea, a residual stromal-bed thickness of less than 250 µm might produce a cornea with a tangential elastic modulus comparable to that of a keratoconic cornea.
Lyle and Jin7 have reported a high incidence (26%) of progressive corneal ectasia that they termed iatrogenic keratoconus following hyperopic automated lamellar keratoplasty. The depth of the lamellar cut in this patient group ranged from 52% to 70%. However, their cases included corneas that had undergone prior radial keratotomy and were therefore structurally weakened to begin with. Hyperopic lamellar surgery frequently produces residual stromal beds less than 250-µm thick, but when performed in cases of primary hyperopia rather than consecutive hyperopia following radial keratotomy, progressive ectasia is relatively rare.8 In 3 cases of progressive corneal ectasia and keratoconus-like steepening developing in topographically normal-appearing eyes that underwent LASIK, Seiler et al9 estimated that the residual stromal-bed thickness was less than 200 µm in 1 patient and between 200 µm and 250 µm in the others. Based on this experience and on the theoretical calculations of Andreassen et al,6 these authors advocated a minimal residual stromal-bed thickness of 250 µm.
In the case we report, the estimated residual stromal-bed thickness prior to enhancement was 260 µm OD. This suggests that for certain corneas, such as those demonstrating features of keratoconus on topography, even 250 µm may not be an adequate stromal-bed thickness to prevent progressive ectasia. Alternatively, the actual thickness of the flap created by the microkeratome might differ substantially from the expected, which might produce a thinner than anticipated bed.10 Also, reading error in pachymetry measurements obtained, for example, from thicker paracentral regions of the cornea might also have led to overestimation of the residual stromal-bed thickness.
While these cases of corneal ectasia following LASIK have demonstrated fairly rapid progression, we are concerned that others may develop more slowly. In a study of loss of refractive effect in the first year following LASIK, Chayet et al11 report that regression seemed to be caused by an increase in corneal thickness rather than ectasia. However, longer-term studies are necessary. We strongly advocate that until we are better able to identify patients at risk for ectasia following LASIK, and the variables defining the biomechanical properties of the operated cornea are better described, LASIK should not be performed when findings from the examination or corneal topography suggest subclinical keratoconus.
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The Committee of Volunteer Promotion (CVP) consists of ministers from different government agencies and 17 representatives of civil society organizations.
As specified in the basic law of volunteering that took effect in February 2006, the Prime Minister will take the chairmanship with membership shared by related ministries, such as the Ministry Of Government Administration and Home Affairs (MOGAHA) and health and welfare (MOHW) and civic leaders such as the president of Korea Association of Volunteer Centers (KAVC), the chair-man of the Korea Council of Volunteering (KCV), the president of Korea Labor Union, the vice president of Korea Red Cross, and the standing vice-president of Federation of Korean Industry (FKI). The operations committee has also been formed a subcommittee, co-chaired by Kang-Hyun Lee, the new secretary general of KACV. This committee is responsible for national policy setting, comprehensive planning, examining major policies on volunteering, improving volunteer-related institution, among others.
As part of its five-year plan, the committee set a goal to spur the growth of volunteers 10 per cent, from current 20 per cent, in five years.
IVD awards and declaring 'Noblesse Oblige' The government will award around 200 volunteers and organizations to celebrate International Volunteer Day, 5 December. A ceremony jointly hosted by KCV and MOGAHA will honor the volunteers. The awardees were selected based on nature of volunteer work, length, and impact of participation. Out of the estimated 43 total awardees, four will be given national decorations and awards. Thirty five individuals and organizations will be given either presidential or prime ministerial awards.
coinciding with the ceremony is the induciton of the "Noblesse Oblige Volunteer corps," consisting of celebrities volunteers and leaders of the public, civil, and businesses sectors. This initiative was initiated by KCV last year and has gradually evolved through affiliated local teams and programmes.


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NEW YORK--It would've been cool: Facebook director of monetization Tim Kendall hinted Monday that the company would offer "a product" to help third-party companies "accelerate" participation in its developer platform when asked whether the company had any plans to start directly monetizing the technology.
Since no further detail was provided, and Kendall had said that this would deal with "whether an application is within Facebook or outside of Facebook," this reporter inferred that he'd meant something involving development assistance for Facebook Connect, its upcoming data portability project. With Facebook Connect, third-party sites will be able to incorporate Facebook identity credentials into their own services.
But the "product" will just involve encouraging them to promote user participation through Facebook Ads, Kendall confirmed to CNET News.com later. He wasn't specifically referring to Facebook Connect. That's something that Facebook has offered since November, and it currently encourages developers to purchase ads to spread the word about marketing campaigns on Facebook's developer platform. Up until this point, the social network hasn't directly profited from its developer platform, and making part of the code open source isn't going to rake in the cash either.
Kendall was speaking on a panel at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's IAB Leadership Forum on User-Generated Content & Social Media here.
Facebook, like most other social-media companies, has not had particularly stellar revenues. The IAB conference on Monday was designed to address that issue, and possible solutions, for New York's ad industry.
Some companies have already had successful advertising campaigns by using Facebook's developer platform for free, Kendall said. One of them is FedEx, he said, which allows users to package up a selection of virtual "gifts" or any other kind of digital attachment into a "virtual FedEx package" and share it with their friends on the social network.
"It's gimmicky, but it's a great example of leveraging the hooks that Facebook provides, creating social context," Kendall explained, "and FedEx does a great job of subtly incorporating their brand into the whole experience."


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Nike on Thursday unveiled a pair of soccer cleats with uppers crafted of woven thread, a major product introduction that represents the Oregon footwear and apparel company's latest product splash in the run-up to this summer's World Cup in Brazil.
Nike's Magista uses the company's Flyknit technology for the first time in one of its soccer shoes. FC Barcelona player Andrés Iniesta introduced the shoe in Spain on Thursday.
With far less fanfare -- none at all, really -- Adidas, Nike's chief rival in soccer and the global sports equipment arena, also has released a soccer shoe of similar construction. Sneaker blogs last week reported on the Adidas Samba Primeknit, a 5.8-ounce cleat that appeared to have fused a knitted upper onto a soccer sole. And Thursday, sneaker blogs published photos of a high-top Adidas soccer cleat.
Nike's Magista was developed during four years of research and development in the Nike Sport Research Lab, , Nike said in a news release. The lab is located on the company's Beaverton-area World Headquarters campus
"With Magista, we've designed a shoe that feels like an extension of the player's body," Phil McCartney, Nike vice president of Sport Performance Footwear, said in a news release. "This isn't a boot that just goes on your foot, it's a boot that works with your foot."
The Magista will be available for pre-order at Nike.com on April 29 and to purchase from May 22. The suggested retail price was not included in the news release.
Since its introduction in 2012, Nike Flyknit has been used primarily in Nike running shoes. In December, Kobe Bryant introduced the KOBE 9 Elite basketball shoe with a Flyknit upper.
The construction method has not been without controversy. In the weeks before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Adidas unveiled "Primeknit" running shoes that also use a threaded-upper construction.
Shortly after, Nike and Adidas engaged in a legal battle in a German court over patent infringement allegations. In court filings, Adidas contended the technology was not new but was instead a method first introduced for women's footwear in the 1940s.
— Allan Brettman


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You may feel a desire to make your home and family a priority today, providing stability and support for those you love. This mood could urge you to spend time nurturing and caring for your family, or devote more attention to making your home a soothing haven. At the same time, you may want to consider your own role as supporter and nurturer today, and identify what you need to be effective in your activities. You may decide that you have been neglecting your own wellbeing in favor of caring for others, or you might realize that you avoid asking for assistance from those you love in an effort to make their lives easier, which only makes your life more challenging.
By making our own needs a priority equal to that of our loved ones, we inspire a greater sense of sharing and cooperation that benefits everyone. Though most of us would gladly sacrifice our own satisfaction to make our loved ones happy, we eventually realize that doing so doesn't serve them. Not only does neglecting ourselves give us less energy and motivation to nurture our loved ones, it also sends a strong message about the type of treatment we will accept for ourselves. If we, instead, choose to honor ourselves and encourage our loved ones to do the same, we create a positive network of support that ensures genuine care and cooperation. By acknowledging that you, as the nurturer, also need nurturing from time to time, you can better balance your activities to meet everyone's needs today.
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By Marcus Samuelsson | August 29, 2013
Like so many things that happen in New York, Uncle Boons came onto the food scene with a bang. Owners Matt Danzer and Ann Redding (who also happen to be married) met while cooking at Per Se and decided to open this Thai spot tucked away in New York's SoHo neighborhood. Moving away from traditional takes on pad se ew and mee krob, the latter gets a dose of spicy sweetbreads while curries have additions like sour orange and crispy duck thigh (gaeng som). Beer slushies and a decent wine list are available to help temper the heat of the spicy roasted chicken salad (yum kai hua pli), and the crab fried rice (kao pat pu) and grilled head on prawns (koong) are not to be missed. If there's room, you have to try the fresh coconut ice cream sundae.
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LHC ATLAS experiment recreated in LEGO
Irritated, perhaps, by CERN's tardiness in producing a Higgs boson for our delectation, a Danish scientist has produced a detailed model of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment - made from LEGO.
Physicist Sascha Mehlhase of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen says it took him about 48 hours to build a 3D model of ATLAS on his laptop using Lego's Digital Designer software - which he then scrapped after realising the blueprint ran to 4,500 pages.
Instead, he says, he then spent another 33 hours constructing it by eye. He had help, he says, from students and his long-suffering wife.
"It illustrates all details, from the muon and magnet system to the innermost pixel detector, and will hopefully be a great eye-catcher for all generations," he says.
The end result uses about 9,500 LEGO pieces and measures about a meter long, making it roughly 1:50 in scale. It includes several tiny physicists.
"There were moments during the entire process which were not fun, but the overall process was enjoyable and informative," he says.
The model cost about 2,000 Euros, stumped up by the Institute's high energy physics group, although Mehlhase says he hopes to get funding from LEGO itself for future models which could go on display at other universities.
Mehlhase says he's creating a manual so that anyone with the patience - and the bricks - can create their own version at home.


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Monday, August 09, 2010
This Country Needs a Little TLC - We Need Real Heroes
What this country need is a little tender loving care. How often have we walked into a filthy, dirty and smelly wet market? Almost everyday. How often do we find rubbish littered and drain clogged neighbourhood and yet residents in the area continue to live their life as though they are not threatened by any health risk? Quite often.
Malaysians need to care more for their own country, society, community and neighbourhood. The state of our public transport system, education system, economy, governments, politics and public amenities reflects how much we care for this country. We have allowed them to rot and deteriorate.
We have allowed the politicians we have elected to continue using race and religion to sway us from focusing on their real incompetency and weaknesses. Some politicians are spending more time on their racial agenda more than trying to find useful solutions to help address some of these issues.
It is a myth that these racist politicians and political parties cannot be defeated. They prevailed because we had allowed them to do so.
It is time to focus on the real community heroes especially those who aspire no political power nor fame but have gone out in their small ways to help the poor, the unprivileged and the oppressed.
I would like to dedicate this blog to highlight the heroic efforts by some of our people. You help find these heroes, file a story and send us some pictures and we will highlight their story.
It is time not to depend too much on people (especially politicians) who are only working for their own selfish interests and not ours.
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For starters,all the mainstream newspapers should dedicate at least a full page (page3)daily or thrice weekly on racial harmony stories where help or friendship went beyond race which will add value to Malaysia Inc.Sometimes,I just don't understand how a playboy MP's second wife wedding got headline or some racist MPs shouting obscenities got front paged - could help the already fragile races.All these unimportant news which could tear apart the nation should be dumped to a small run-of-page column.These editors should seek their own conscience and do what's right for the country,NOT for your own race or for selling more copies.
Most malaysians are indeed a pathetic lot. You are right about them not being able to care for their own land. They leave litter behind even though they are sitting next to a litter bin. Either they are selfish or just plain dirty. They have atrocious driving and parking habits. I have seen them parked in the middle of the road to buy food at a hawker stall. When I told one of them off he told me not to be stupid.
I was very surprised by the comments of some people who think that the Penang government is too strict because some motorbikes parked at 5 foot ways were hauled off by the police. One even commented the LGE cannot prevent the rising cost of food even though he is in power. They need help to look at the bigger picture and to cast their votes intelligently.
The politician(especially from BN)where got time for all these issues.They are more interested in how to 'cari lubang'and 'makan sana sini'and karaoke with their own members. Just look around,rubbish are thrown about everywhere.I am sure the elected representative would have noticed and ask their boys(the local councillors)to bring to the attention of the respective local council for action.They are more interested to show themselves in big functions to officiate this and that.
Khoo,I have to disagree with you here.Malaysia USED TO BE a paradise place to live and golfing.Not now anymore.Yes,you are correct that the social,community,environment is pathetic and is getting worst by the day.Politicians in Malaysia is engrossed in racial disputes,personal agendas and power.Take a lesson from our Red Dot neighbor.Ten men in Ten years created the foundation to power the country from rag to riches.
Half of these Ten Men are Malaysians!!
Problem has been getting worst since BN/UMNO has in power. How can BN/UMNO lead us when they are not showing examples. They are telling how to "Kau tim" method, people bochoh and squat.They set up complain departments and the person running the section looks like an angel. So why we have to learn? Tolong? Just run to MCA/Gerakan MP. They are lokang and jalan MPs and they are very professional on it. Mata2 and Council Officers who wants to go near them? We have to give them kopi money or under the table. So in the end, this UMNO Government aided by MCA/Gerakan is teaching people to be independent and SELFISH. No one will help you. You have to take care of YOURSELF!


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Well I may have been misinformed on that one. ĀThe last chart I had seen was based on mobile web browser usage - not sales (since that is an indicator of how many phones are actually currently being used - not just sold at this moment) - and it had iOS browsers at around 34% of global mobile traffic, and Android at closer to 30% - it wasn't a huge margin, but it was still higher. ĀAnd - even if Android is outselling iOS *now* you are still comparing one company's products (Apple's) to dozens of other company's products (Motorola, Samsung, Sony, HTC, etc.). ĀThat doesn't negate that Android may currently have a larger market share - but the fact that it's even a race says there is a market for it.

Let me put it this way - if Ford was selling 50% as many cars as - EVERY OTHER CAR MAKER IN THE WORLD COMBINED - then they'd be doing pretty damn good. Ā(If you want to include Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Symbian, etc. in the analogy - then say "as every other *non-racecar* car maker in the world" or "Non-electric" or some other exclusion to remove 10% or less of all cars on the market.)

- Chad W. Smith

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Lynn Dixon <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

Here is an interesting tid bit that Tim Cook didn't mention:

http://qz.com/122921/the-chart-tim-cook-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

It appears the chart they shown in the presentations could be mis-interpreted.Ā

Chad, to counter your argument that "iOS is the most widely used mobile operatng system" and "iPhone outselss all Android phones combined" is just simply wrong. Ā Android has a much larger market share than iOS in the United States now, and has held the lead world wide for a while now. ĀThere are many sources out there to confirm this, but here is one:
 http://techland.time.com/2013/04/16/ios-vs-android/

And another: Āhttp://techcrunch.com/2013/04/28/android-picks-up-the-pace-in-smartphone-sales-over-ios-globally-while-windows-phone-continues-with-modest-gains-says-kantar/

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Aaron welch <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

So to chime in here after reading the tech specs:

Why is there a M7 co-processor? ĀTo offload motion and positional functions from the main A7 CPU to conserve power. ĀThe M7 supposedly uses 1/10 (no real facts to back that up yet) the power of the A7.

64-bit memory space update is also related to graphics functions as higher I/O rates boost performance.

I would use the sh!t out of the finger print scanner to keep from typing my 16-digit Apple ID password or as a 2-factor for a password store on my phone.

The additional camera features are a big deal to me as I Facetime my girls from all over the country and the light sensor would help them be able to see me wherever I am.

Lastly, the LTE enhancements are LONG overdue. ĀI get better data rates out of 4G using my AT&T iPhone 5.

Just my 2 cents, digest as you see fit.

-AW

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- Chad W. Smith

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Lynn Dixon <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

Chad,
I am going to disagree. ĀThe fingerprint scanner has been on mobile phones for a while now, so its nothing new. ĀThe Motorola Atrix had one that worked pretty good. ĀTo me, they are kinda useless, and seems gimmicky.

64 bit is "meh" for me right now. Āit will be a few years before developers take hold of it, and by then something better will be out anyways. ĀThis won't pull me away from Android.

Epic Games said it took them less than 2 hours to change their 32 bit game to a 64 bit one.

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Why does the compass, gyroscope and acceleromoter need a separate deidcated processor? ĀMy 2 year old Nexus handles all of them great right now, without a dedicated processor.

Why do graphics need their own dedicated processor?

Seriously, I can't believe this is even a question. ĀIf you have a dedicated processor handling that stuff, then your main CPU can deal with what it has to deal with. ĀIf you can't appreciate that, just think of it as adding another core.

Ā

As for your "faster CPU" and "desktop level apps" comment, I honestly Ādon't use my phone as my desktop. ĀUntil someone does true device convergance well, I will never use my phone as my desktop, regardless Āof how much horsepower it has. ĀI need at least dual screen, high resolution support, with full keyboard and mouse connectivity. ĀIt also needs to do USB devices (Think storage) well.Ā

Oh well, I guess since *you* don't use your phone like a computer, then the whole concept should be scrapped, because obviously if you aren't using it that way then no one else is, no should they, no could they ever.

I don't use Instagram, so it shouldn't exist. ĀI don't use Debian, or VIM, so those shouldn't exist either.

There are people who use their phones as remote workstations, creating and controlling content from the palm their hand. ĀI don't have an iPhone - or even a smartphone, but I do have an Android tablet (several, actually, but I only really use one) and an iPod Touch. ĀI've used both to do some pretty work-related type computery stuff.

Regardless of whether you personally use your phone to do anything other than make phone calls - there are millions of people who use them for things that need processing power. ĀAnd, scoff if you will, playing games is one of them. ĀMobile gaming a billion dollar industry - and has been for at least 5 years. Āhttp://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20684

Games drive growth in computing power - they did for the desktop (and still do, so I'm lead to believe) and they are for phones.

Ā

I was really hoping the Ubuntu Phone would have become a reality. ĀThat is true innovation. ĀTo me, this new iPhone is indeed a speedbump of improvement.

 The Ubuntu Edge was a pretty cool system - but it was basically a speed bump of a Nokia N900 (which I had for years). ĀThe N900 could run full fledged desktop Linux apps. Ā(My current Android tablet has OpenOffice on it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andropenoffice&hl=en ) ĀAnd could basically become a desktop computer with a really tiny screen. ĀIf they had HDMI out, then bam, desktop in my pocket.

The Atrix, that was already mentioned, pretty much did the same thing. ĀIn fact, any Android phone with video out and BlueTooth and/or USB OTG could be used that way. ĀThe Ubuntu Edge was just a speed bump.

You can trivialize anything - "My Commodre 64 played games - the PS4 is just a speed bump." "TheĀENIACĀcould perform math, theĀTianhe-2 is just a speed bump."

There was far more to the iPhone 5s than an improved processor. ĀJust because you don't like, aren't impressed by, or wouldn't use those features does not mean they do not exist.

But, as I said, I won't be getting one. ĀI am in the market for a smartphone, but I don't want a contract, and I want things the iPhone doesn't offer (like the aforementioned HDMI out, USB OTG, and expandable storage). ĀBut that doesn't mean it's a useless piece of junk. ĀLike it or not, iOS is the most widely used mobile operating system. ĀThat means the iPhone outsells all Android phones combined. ĀThere is a market for what they are offering.

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There is consensus about the need for fundamental change in the US health care system and there has been attention to the important problems of inadequate access and increasing costs. But the most serious shortcoming—that the nation's health system is not designed to maximize health—has been overshadowed. Individuals in the United States receive only about half the recommended medical services.1 Only 43% of individuals with diagnosed diabetes,2 37% with hypertension,3 and 25% with hypercholesterolemia4 have adequate control of their disease; furthermore,
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strokes, heart attacks, and premature death. Nearly 9 of 10 Americans with uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia already have private or public health insurance.6
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dr amy seinfeld is probably the only doctor i have seen in south florida that cares about her patients and people with no insurance or low on money she still brings them in and treats them if they need it she is a family practitioner but offers anything that people need from cosmetic to auto accedent injurys she has also stop a bunch of people to stop smoking i have seen her bring in people on medicare and not charge them and put them on a diet program because medicare wouldent do the neccesary operation needed because they were to heavy on more than one occasion i have seen the patient lose close to or over a 100 pounds and get there surgery so they could live a productive live and not charge a red cent its a nice change to see a doctor whos cares more for the patient than the money i know she treats several hiv patients that dont have money and does it for free i have even seen her take time out of her busy day to call and get patients in the free dental program at nova because they needed it and dident have the money shes always there to give sample medications out or coupons to help the patients in these hard times and all this while being a single mother raising three children as far as im conserned they broke the mold with her
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From the Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas A. Lanari, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The events narrated by Shakespeare in his tragedy Hamlet1 are the following: King Hamlet of Denmark dies suddenly and his brother Claudius a few weeks later marries the widow, his sister-in-law, Queen Gertrude; according to the official explanation, a snakebite was the cause of his death. The ghost of the king appears before his son, Prince Hamlet, and tells him that his own brother, now his converted stepfather, has killed him, pouring into his ear the contents of an ampoule of henbane (Act I, scene 5). I cite the ghost's account in full:
Sleeping within mine orchard, My custom always in the afternoon, Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebona [henbane] in a vial, And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such as enmity with blood of man That swift as quicksilver it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body, And with a sudden vigour it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood: so dit it mine: And a most instant tetter bark'd about, Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust, All my smooth body.
In this article I attempt to analyze and discuss in the light of present medical information this scene of Hamlet. How did Shakespeare come to this singular idea? Could the venom extracted from a narcotic plant with beautiful leaves, a foul odor, yellow flowers above and purple below, have been responsible for the death of King Hamlet? If it is accepted that the extracted henbane was of good quality, could the manner chosen by the fratricide have been effective? I conclude that it was possible to accomplish the murder as it was written in the tragedy.
Incidentally, we recall that although this subject in Hamlet had received attention in the past,2- 6 it has an additional interest because the ghost in Shakespeare's play speaks of the rapidity of the toxic effect and at the same time describes what may be considered the blood circulation. Readers may be interested to know that, although Shakespeare and Harvey were contemporaries, Hamlet was published in 1603, 25 years before The Motu Cordis.
Henbane or hebona is extracted from the seeds and leaves of Hyoscyamus niger and Scopolia carniolica, plants belonging to the Solanaceae family that also includes common foods such as tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, and tobacco. Hyoscyamus and Scopolia contain the active ingredients scopolamine (or hyoscine) and hyoscyamine,7,8 whereas atropine is extracted from other plants of the same family. All these substances have no known function in the plants in which they are found.
Scopolamine and atropine are anticholinergic drugs that block the acetylcholine muscarinic receptors in a competitive and nonspecific manner, preventing a close interaction between the ligand and lipophilic sites on the receptor.7,9,10 Muscarinic receptors are G protein–coupled receptors and mediate their inhibitory or excitatory responses by activating a cascade of intracellular pathways rather than the direct opening of an ion channel as with nicotinic receptors. Molecular cloning techniques identified 5 different subtypes of muscarinic receptors that share common features, including specificity of binding for the agonists and the classic antagonists. M1, M3, and M5 receptors are associated with an increase in the production of inositol triphosphate, while M2 and M4 subtypes decrease the levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate by inhibiting adenosine cyclase. The tissue distribution differs for each subtype. M1 receptors are found in the forebrain, especially in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex. M2 receptors are found in the heart and brainstem, while M3 receptors are found in smooth muscle, exocrine glands, and the cerebral cortex. M4 receptors are found in the neostriatum and M5 receptor mRNA is found in the substantia nigra.9
The absorption of scopolamine through the skin is limited, although a preparation in the form of transdermal patches placed over the mastoid region of the neck is used for the prevention of motion sickness.7 The relative ease with which scopolamine crosses the blood-brain barrier makes its effects on the central nervous system more important than other anticholinergic drugs. For this reason, it is used not only in the inhibition of parasympathetic function, but also in experimental studies involving memory.11 The half-life of scopolamine in plasma is 3 hours and its use in toxic doses (about 10 mg) is accompanied by a rapid and weak pulse, paralysis of the iris, blurred vision, dry, warm, and reddish skin, decreased intestinal peristalsis and motility, ataxia, hallucinations, and eventually coma and death.7,12
Both atropine and scopolamine have a long history involving witchcraft and the analgesic and anaesthetic actions of these drugs, isolated or in combination with opioids and stramonium, have been known for centuries13 and related by Dioscorides in the first century BC, Cervantes (Don Quixote, part I, chapter 18), and Calderón de La Barca (La Vida Es Sueño, second episode). For centuries, the Roman spongia somnifera, remembered today for the association it had with the punishment of crucifixion, was used as vector of several types of drugs, including henbane among others.8,14,15
Shakespeare may well have been influenced by contemporary events or other authors chosing this finesse in the administration of a "mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected." In 1560, the surgeon A. Paré was accused of having poisoned Francis II, King of France, by blowing venous powders into his ear (a white powder was found in one of his caps).3,16 In 1538, Francisco María I, Duke of Urbino, was murdered in Pésaro. The crime was attributed to some Luigi Gonzaga, who might have bribed the barber and surgeon of the noble to introduce the venom into his ear. It is possible that Shakespeare was aware of these episodes and used the last one in the scene of the play within the play (Act III, scene 2). The actors perform "The Murder of Gonzago" in which the name of the murderer is exchanged for that of the victim, slightly altered,14,16 whereas a murderer in Marlowe's play Eduard II (Act V, scene 4) uses poisonous powders introduced into the ear with the help of a feather.
The skin lining the ear canal is rigidly adhered to the underlying bone and cartilage and is very vulnerable to mechanical damage, such as a scratch; it can become inflamed and the vasodilation or neovascularization provoked by the inflammation makes it more capable of absorbing drugs. The poorly vascularized tympanic membrane is covered by skin similar to that of the external auditory canal; however, it is reduced to a fine layer of epidermis and is less fit for rapid drug absorption. The possibility of a murder via auris was known to occur in 16th-century Italy,5 and it was based on the knowledge of that time about the direct absorption of some substances from the ear. Pliny in his Natural History (Book 25.4.17), published in English in 1601, recommended pouring oil of henbane into the ears for use in earache, though he warns that it may cause mental disorder. Henbane was an official drug mentioned in old English pharmacopeias and dispensatories and it was used as well as the cannabis extract in the form of eardrops in the treatment of earache.5,17 Many years ago, Macht2 demonstrated with experiments in animals that certain poisons, including scopolamine, can be absorbed through the intact ear and often likewise skin eruptions and shorten the coagulation time of blood.(quoted in 3) It is hard, however, to accept that, in this way, such a quick poisoning would take place. On the other hand, the tympanic membrane can be perforated and the highly vascularized middle ear is connected to the pharynx by the eustachian tube. Something similar happens with intoxication by atropine contained in eyedrops, where the drug passes by way of the lacrimal duct toward the nose and is eventually swallowed.7 Chronic otorrhea was not uncommon in Shakespeare's times4 and there are indications that physicians of that time might have known that fluids in the middle ear could pass into the pharynx and that a substance instilled into an ear with a tympanic perforation could find its way to the pharynx and be swallowed. The work of Bartolommeo Eustachio (ca 1520-1574) was known. His detailed description, the Opuscula Anatomica, published in Venice in 1563, includes the differences between the bony and cartilaginous portions of the tube, a description of the nasopharyngeal opening, and a description of the tensor tympani muscle.(quoted in 4,5) The effective concentration in plasma of scopolamine is very low: 40 pg/mL is necessary for its therapeutic effects, and up until a few years ago, 0.5 mg was injected during preanesthesia.2 The proportion of alkaloid in dried leaves and seeds of henbane is relatively high, ranging from 0.045% to 0.6%.18 Although we do not know either the concentration used by the murderer or the rate of absorption of the drug, a few milligrams of the drug instilled into the ear may reach toxic levels in the blood. Thus, the ampoule containing the henbane that Claudius poured into King Hamlet's ear could very well have contained sufficiently high enough amounts of scopolamine so as to fulfill his lethal mission.
We ask ourselves if King Hamlet suffered a tympanic membrane perforation causing an associated hearing loss and had word of this gotten around to the ambitious Claudius. Perhaps this drove "that adulterate, that incestuous beast" to easily enter the garden during the placid nap to empty the fatal preparation of henbane in his brother's ear, depriving him of his life, crown, and queen. Could the liquid, filling the 2.5-cm3 capacity of the external auditory canal, have awoken the king? The author does not say, maybe the the ampoule was warmed or the king was taking a nap after a good meal and having drunk much beer, as was the custom in those days.
There are other explanations that fit the crime in question, such as a reflex provoked by vestibular stimulation with consequences in higher centers associated with autonomic functions or a tachycardiac effect on a diseased heart. Finally, there exists the possibility that everything related to the apparition of the ghost on the platform before the castle of Elsinore was a product of Shakespeare's fantasy, as well as the death of the melancholic prince, wounded by the poisoned sword (with what venom?) that Laertes held. If this were true, our interpretation would result in pure fiction.
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I thank Susie Kestner, J. A. Barcat, L. O. Aiello, and both reviewers for their valuable help with the manuscript.
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Objective: Children will use fish as a theme to encourage creative thinking, math, science, and language and literacy skills.
- nonfiction and fiction books about fish including Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (North-South Books, 2000), Fish Counting by Arthur David Zoller (Charlesbridge, 2000), What is It Like to Be A Fish? by Wendy Pfeffer (HarperCollins, 1996), and Coral Reef by Susan Canizares and Mary Reid (Scholastic Inc.)
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Fish Tales. Collect a variety of nonfiction and fiction books about fish or fish characters and place them in the library and science area. Read stories to the class followed by book talks and related activities.
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Invite children to create a language experience chart to record information they learned from their observations and to share their observational drawings. When the photographs have been developed have children match the photos with their drawings. Find an area of the classroom to display their drawings, photographs, and charts.
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Fish Collage Mural. Invite the class to create a fish-collage mural. Invite a group of children to paint a large sheet of mural paper with colors to represent water. Hang the water? on a wall where children can reach it easily. Place the suggested drawing, painting, and collage materials in the art area and ask children to create fish to place in the water. Encourage children to use a variety of materials to create their fish. Keep materials available in the art area so children can continue to add fish to their collage.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Abby Klemm was one of three players who scored in double figures for Central Tech, which salvaged Monday morning's finale of its three-game appearance in the KSA Holiday Tournament.
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A recent edition of USA Today said the country is finally recovering from the worst eight years in our history, including the Republican fiasco of 1929. If you remember, that brought on the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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Fact — unemployment is down to 7.7 percent, less than it had been the past four years.
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The directions that had been provided were precise and it was easy to locate the region where the birds have been sighted. Not so easy is locating a sparrow-sized bird in acres of blackberry bramble. I walked up and down among the paths along with several other birders who were also in pursuit of the wrentits. We heard song sparrows and Bewick's wrens, which after an hour or so started to fool you as you asked yourself if that could possibly be the song of the unfamiliar wrentit. Bushtits and towhees also made their way through the brambles, so every now and then I would pause to examine a motion in the brush. But, no luck. I had to content myself with seeing my first rufous hummingbird of the season (121). I went home and reported my no-find to the local birders list only to read a report several hours later that some of the other birders had found them....15 minutes after my departure.
Not willing to give up that easily, I decided to visit in the morning today and listened to recordings of the call over and over again during breakfast to make sure I would recognize it. Upon arriving, I felt that my fortunes would be better, and indeed I was only partway down the path when I heard the now-familiar call. Another birder was already on scene and had located the birds, which made finding the wrentits (122 on the year, and also a life bird) all too easy compared to yesterday's excursion.
The wrentit is a remarkably distinct species for falling into the category of "little brown bird". The long tail, often held cocked like in the photo below, the light eye, and the slightly down-curved bill are the field marks, but overall it just looks and acts somehow different from the bushtits, sparrows, and wrens it might otherwise be confused with. It's also easy to see how it could easily disappear among the brambles, isn't it?


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