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Upset with the Salem Utilities Dept.
To the editor:
I receive utility statements each month since 2009 with the names of Esther Garrett and Richard Holland on them. I make a copy of the statement and ask them to remove the name of Esther Garrett for she died in 2009.
Payments are made on time with checks showing Annie and Richard Holland, yet each statement comes the next month in the name of Esther Garrett.
I have three times asked in person and presented death certificates - but they pay no attention.
Dec. 5 to Jan. 24, 2014, Annie and I were in the Philippines to help the needy and visit her family. Monday of this week (Jan. 30), I received a letter from the Salem Utilities Department: an apparent concern regarding water meter being stopped or reflecting average consumption not being used.
I guess I received this letter because my deceased mother wasn't using enough water.
Don't let health care mimic the UK
To the editor:
On the 18th of December, I was admitted to the Salem Community Hospital for a left hip replacement. I was a little apprehensive that after the surgery I might suffer from permanent pain. From the 20th through the 24th I underwent therapy and care in the rehabilitation unit. I left the hospital feeling fine and so satisfied with the successful surgery and my recovery.
I feel compelled to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my surgeon, Dr. Paumier and attending physician Dr. Banning, and their professionalism and expertise. The concern and compassion of the nurses, therapists and all other employees in both the hospital and the rehab unit were so overwhelming.
Sometimes when one is bedfast he endures embarrassing moments that require cleanups and extra work. These situations were all handled so routinely and so dutifully without complaint. Everybody's attitude was wonderful and I returned home so satisfied and so grateful for my care. My wife and I would like to thank everybody from the bottom of our hearts.
Pleased with kindness shown by hospital
To the editor:
Cal Thomas has written an interesting article on the problems the people in the UK are having with their NHS National Health Care. To quote Mr. Thomas, their health care is in critical shape and has been since the beginning. Because of the lack of funds doctors are being under paid and the results many have left their practice. The UK now has fewer doctors per person than any country in Europe
This is only one of the many problems facing the British people. It takes weeks sometimes months to get to see a doctor. The government makes the decision who and when one will get to see a doctor.
The people in government also decide if an operation is practical. I have read certain conditions are required before some operations are approved. Age and other conditions such as general health are considered before the procedure is approved. What is going on in England is the rationing of overall health care. I don't believe that rationing was even considered a possibility when the NHS was introduced, but government mismanagement and lack of money caused them to cut the quality of care and consequently, the complete failure of the NHS.
We here in the US would be completely naive not to believe the Obamacare will also be a monstrous failure. A system that has over and over again produced proof it contains flaws of a nature that makes the system unworkable.
Yours and my health care should be of a private nature and no business of the government. We must not be of the opinion that what is happening in the UK will not happen here. We are a people who possess more individual freedom than any country in the world. To be told and forced we must have insurance by our government is a direct attack on our personal freedom and we must not stand for it. However, this monstrous system must be fixed before it collapses on itself and cripples out already weak economy.
Offering his counter points to ops
To the editor:
In response to a recent criticism of President Obama's handling of Colorado and Washington's recent end to marijuana prohibition in the editorials, the only logical first question to the editor is have you ever read the Constitution?
While reading the law lecture from a newspaper editor, the answer to that question should be very clear to everyone. I'm well aware that it is not.
The editorial was published on Jan. 29, under the title, "So drug policy is 'just say maybe?'" While very emotionally charged, emotions are basically all it has going for it. It's as factual as something published by The Onion. About as rational as something written by a child throwing a temper tantrum.
However, I don't mean this as a personal criticism of the editor. Many people would have written something along the same lines. Many of the older generation. Indoctrinated with lies. Brainwashed by propaganda. I've said all of these things before in various outlets, and it's often met with a vicious personal attack aimed at me by the same people I'm talking about.
People who don't want to give up on the things they've been made to believe. Instead of that being your first reaction here, can I ask, do you not want the truth?
First and foremost, we'll speak specifically about what is driving most of this discussion, marijuana. I've heard a loud cry that Obama is violating his oath to the Constitution and selectively enforcing laws by saying he won't go after Colorado and Washington. While I certainly don't commend the President on his record of upholding his oath to the Constitution, why don't we take a look at that document and really investigate the issue. In the Bill of Rights, the 10th Amendment is clear, short and to the point (much like the rest of the document), it states:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
In case you're one of those who requires a Captain Obvious to explain everything to you, this clearly means that anything not granted as a power to the federal government, specifically by the Constitution, is left to the states or the people to decide.
Now, on Jan. 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. This prohibited alcohol. For the federal government to prohibit alcohol, it needed to amend the Constitution through the process that is in place to do so. The reason why is very clear, it had no authority to prohibit alcohol otherwise. The Constitution doesn't grant the federal government that power. There is no such amendment for marijuana, or any other illicit drug and there is no language in the Constitution that grants them the power to prohibit it. And while I'm certainly not advocating the use of these substances, is it not rational to think that the President is absolutely upholding his oath the Constitution by allowing these states to proceed with what their people have decided on the ballot? Is it not rational to think that the prohibition of marijuana (and yes, all illicit drugs) is illegal in the first place?
This will be a big issue with the younger generation of this country. If anyone should be at the forefront of it, it's people who claim to be small government conservatives, especially those who still hold the Constitution in high regard. The War on Drugs is one of the biggest excuses for the advancement of big government, and it's a complete failure-there isn't even an argument you can make to the contrary.
There is a whole lot more that can be said here, from the facts about the benefits of marijuana, to studies that disprove mostly every negative thing that has ever been taught about it, to the failed war on drugs.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you want a real education on the pros and cons of marijuana, start with Dr. Sanjay Gupta's study for CNN. If you don't want the truth, then ignore it. I don't want to indoctrinate you, I want you to find out on your own. But the fact of the matter is, not all of us are asleep at the wheel. If you think rationally and logically about the issues that we face, most of them are not hard to solve.
It's when you allow the lies you've been taught to mix with the emotion and let that control the discourse that everything becomes very complicated. I have no doubt that this letter will stir up the exact kind of emotional reaction from some that will serve to prove my point. However, if you still respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, can you really argue against what I said here?


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Mom releases new video of missing teen Ali Ponte
14-year-old Ali missing for days
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. - The family of a missing teenager from Woodland Park is hoping you can help bring her home. Alexandra "Ali" Ponte, 14, hasn't been seen since Wednesday, Sept. 4th.
"There are no words," said Ali's mom, Christine Duis. "My heart is just breaking."
She gave KRDO Newschannel 13 recent video of Ali playing with her dogs and new photos of the teen. She's hoping someone will recognize her daughter.
Duis said she and Ali got in an argument Wednesday evening about a post Ali had put on Facebook.
"I got a call at about 9 from her best friend's mom saying they had dropped her off at (Memorial Park) where she was meeting another friend to stay the night with," said Duis.
Duis said Ali didn't go to that friend's home. Two men reported that they saw Ali walking on Baldwin Street behind the high school at about 9:10 p.m. and from there she's seemingly disappeared.
Woodland Park Police said they don't suspect foul play. They're getting help from the FBI trying to locate Ali's cell phone.
"What I understand from (the FBI) is they actually have an agent that lives in the Woodland Park area that heard about the case and that prompted them to contact us to offer assistance," said Detective Sgt. Thomas Kinney.
Kinney said police are interviewing Ali's friends and following up on tips.
"We received a tip this morning that she might have been observed on I-76 in northeast Colorado, so we're following up on that lead," Kinney said.
Ali's mom says she hopes her daughter just ran away.
"We just want her to know that she's not in trouble. We just want her to come home," said Duis. "It's devastating to think you could lose a child. So I have to hold on to hope that she's still alive and she's still going to come home."
Ali is 5'5 and weighs 115 lbs. She was last seen wearing a bright blue hoodie and skinny jeans. She had a blue and grey Nike backpack and was wearing her hair in a ponytail. Call Woodland Park Police with any information at 719-687-9262.


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Anchorage, Alaska – United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that a Wrangell man was sentenced in federal court in Juneau to three years probation and 200 hours of community work service for his felony conviction of manufacturing a controlled substance.
On October 31, 2011, Jeffery R. Cox, 37, a resident of Wrangell, Alaska, was sentenced by United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess.
According to information presented to the court by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Schmidt, Cox had cultivated 95 marijuana plants on United States Forest Service Property outside of Wrangell, near Rainbow Falls trail. Cox had three separate locations located on Forest Service land where he was growing the marijuana. Cox admitted to federal law enforcement investigators that he was attempting to grow marijuana in order use and sell it.
Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Burgess indicated that the probationary sentence was based on defendant's lack of criminal history and the need to deter the defendant from any future criminal conduct.
Ms. Loeffler commended the United States Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Cox.
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A delicious salad dressing that is reminiscent of the bottled russian dressing!
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Cleaning: Spring Cleaning
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Spring cleaning is around the corner, and few of us are looking forward to it. Cleaning and discarding household items is a lot of work. Although the results are pretty, the process can be boring and exhausting. So here is a little extra incentive for you: In addition to a shiny-clean home, that hard work may pay off in the form of some extra money in your pocket. Here's how spring cleaning helps you save cash:Spring Cleaning In Your Kitchen
The days are getting longer! And you know what that means? It's just about time to get those gardens in, the patio furniture out, and to tackle that spring cleaning. It's also time to give the kitchen a good scrub down and get everything freshened up and organized. And now that spring is upon us, it's time to get to work.Spring Clean Your Computer
As spring settles in, we all start thinking about cleaning. But what about your computer? It's a good idea to also think about cleaning the technology in your house too. Here are some tips as you check computer cleaning off your list.5 Days to a Cleaner Home
Devoting an entire weekend or even a few uninterrupted hours to deep cleaning our homes is difficult. A clean, organized house is great, but getting to that point with a full-time job, a family, or many other responsibilities might be difficult. So how about breaking up your cleaning tasks to be done according to a daily schedule, so you aren't faced with four hours of house cleaning on a beautiful spring Saturday?Natural Products for Spring Cleaning
Spring has sprung, and it's time to get out the mops, brooms, sponges, and dust cloths. And don't forget all the cleaning products. If you don't already have a lot of cleaning products on hand, shopping for them can cause quite a dent in your wallet. Plus, you're adding all kinds of chemicals to your home. Is there a natural way to spring clean?
Spring Cleaning Made Easy
Seeing how I absolutely hate to clean, I have found the only thing that really works for me is music. I turn on my favorite music and I dance and clean my way to a clean house. I actually had my husband burn me a CD with my favorite songs and the only time I listen to this CD is when I have major cleaning to do. My kids now get into the act because they enjoy the music as well, and my dogs run for cover. They know as soon as they hear a certain song that the vacuum cleaner is coming out next, so they run and hide. Don't miss the other great spring cleaning tips.Spring Cleaning for Today's Mom
Instead of doing one deep cleaning, I "spring clean" all year long. With a busy toddler and the daily maintenance of my home, there are days when I feel really proud of myself if I can get out of my pajamas. If you are anything like me, try and incorporate these tips into your daily routine, so you can relax while everyone else is tired and haggard from their day of spring cleaning.Could Spring (Cleaning) Come Early?
Can spring cleaning come early? Make your home feel spring fresh any time of year with these simple tips.Spring Cleaning - the Frugal Way
If we're to believe the advertisements, our houses will never be clean without an assortment of new, wonderful and expensive products. Not true, says the frugal homemaker. Your house can be spic and span with just a few household products that you probably already have in your kitchen.
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Saints could be, should be but bottom line they're 1-2!
DENVER – Another week of not being able to run the ball in short yardage situations plagued the New Orleans Saints as the Black and Gold failed to convert on two occasions which in turn led to no points and cost the Saints in their 34-32 loss to the Denver Broncos.
The Saints dug themselves an early 21-3 hole but were able to come back and made a game of it before halftime. After a Reggie Bush fumble that led to a Denver Touchdown and a 21-3 second quarter lead the Saints came to life and got back into the contest.
The Saints began their comeback bid by embarking on a 10 play 80-yard drive that lasted 4:55 and ended when Pierre Thomas scored on a ten-yard run and with the PAT the Saints cut the Broncos lead to 21-10 with 9:16 left to play in the first half.
After being dominated early in the game the Saints did some dominating of their own by outgaining the Broncos 260 plus yards to 58 in the second quarter alone. The Saints finished the game with 505-yards of total offense to just 369-yards for Denver.
The Saints would pull even closer to the Broncos later in the quarter when Reggie Bush scored on a 23-yard run and with the PAT the Saints were down just 21-17 with 6:51 left in the first half.
Denver would add to their lead with a field goal to make the score 24-17 and the Saints then had a chance to tie the game but failed to score on a fourth and goal from the one-yard line late in the first half.
The Saints Defense then came up with two-points when Charles Grant and Sedrick Ellis tackled Denver's Running Back in the End Zone to cut the lead to 24-19. The Saints got the ball back and had a shot a 51-yard field goal but Martin Gramatica's kick was no good and the Broncos led by five at halftime.
The two teams went back and forth in the second half with the Saints having one final shot at victory trailing 34-32 late in the game. The Saints faced a third down and one situation at the Denver 27-yard line but New Orleans once again came up empty handed and was forced to try a forty-two yard field goal.
But Gramatica, who had been perfect on field goals with the Saints missed two against Denver and the Broncos held on for a 34-32 win over the Saints. That now makes two weeks in a row in which the Saints failed to convert on short yardage situations and they left the door open for their opponents and they lost both games.
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Along with picnics and fun with family…all over Wayne County people will pay tribute on Monday, May 30th to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. See below for some of the tributes scheduled:
Memorial Day Tributes Scheduled In Richmond IN
- 9:00am Ceremony at the Earlham Cemetery Soldiers Hill by Sons of the Union Veterans.
- 10:00am Ceremony at the Earlham Cemetery Veterans Field of Honor (in the NW corner) with remembrances of fallen veterans, proclamation by the Mayor, recognition of fallen veterans and POW/MIA by local veterans organizations.
- 11:00am Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park – access is via Johnson Street at (approximately) 80 North 2nd Street (west of the jail.) View war memorials, patriotic ceremony, recognition of war casualties, and presentation of thoughts.
- (11:00am IN CASE OF RAIN, ceremony at American Legion Post 65, 109 N 6th ST.)
- Noon Ceremony at the Earlham Cemetery Soldiers Hill by Sons of the Union Veterans including a 21-gun salute with cannon.
- Noon Ceremony at the Marine Corps Memorial Flag site in Glen Miller Park (just north of the tennis courts.)
- 3:00-3:01pm – National Moment of Remembrance to honor the men and women of the United States who died in the pursuit of freedom and peace — to join in "prayer for a permanent peace."
The National Moment of Remembrance Act
Is sited by the US Congress as: "This Act may be cited as the 'National Moment of Remembrance Act'.
In short (you can read the full text at the American Legion Post 65 website by clicking link above):
"Congress finds that—
- "(1) it is essential to remember and renew the legacy of Memorial Day, which was established in 1868 to pay tribute to individuals who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States and their families;
- "(2) greater strides must be made to demonstrate appreciation for those loyal people of the United States whose values, represented by their sacrifices, are critical to the future of the United States).
Several other findings are listed but this is the purpose of the National Moment of Remembrance which will occur at 3:00 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 30th, 2011.
Memorial Day Tributes In The Cambridge City Area:
Post #169 Cambridge City will also pay tribute with several services on Memorial Day. The schedule is as follows:
- Dublin: 9:45 a.m.
- Capitol Hill: 10:00 a.m.
- Pershing South: 10:15 a.m.
- Pershing North 10:30 a.m.
- Milton 11:00 a.m..
There will be a pitch-in dinner at the post after services at 12:30. All members are welcome to attend.


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WEST CHESTER, Ohio — An elections official says turnout is "very slow" in the special Democratic primary in former House Speaker John Boehner's western Ohio district in which there is only one candidate. Butler County
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Recipes for Disaster: Keep safe from food poisoning
Recent high-profile outbreaks keep food safety fresh in our minds. Foodborne illness, sometimes called food poisoning, is a common, costly—yet preventable—public health problem. Each year, about 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. Forgetting about food safety is a recipe for disaster.
The Food Safe Families Campaign Toolkit gives you free access to public service ads and tips. It introduces Maria and her passion for cooking—though not always with best practices in mind. Watch the Recipes for Disaster video and learn the right steps as Maria does everything wrong. See all of the ads here.
Not Just Consumers
It is important to know that food safety does not solely rest with consumers. Contamination with harmful bacteria like E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella commonly occurs earlier along the farm to table chain.
Common Foodborne Illnesses and Symptoms
The most common foodborne illnesses are norovirus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, and Campylobacter. Symptoms of food poisoning can be as commonplace as diarrhea or as life-threatening as organ failure.
These illnesses can even cause long-term health problems or death. When young children, pregnant women, older adults, and people with weak immune systems eat contaminated food, they have a greater chance of becoming severely sick with problems like miscarriage or kidney failure.
See your doctor or healthcare provider if you have:
- Diarrhea, along with a high fever (temperature over 101.5°F, measured orally);
- blood in the stools, prolonged vomiting that prevents you from keeping liquids down;
- signs of dehydration, including a decrease in urination;
- dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up, or if you have had diarrhea for more than 3 days
No Laughing Matter: Know the Risks and Rules
Everyone is at risk for food poisoning. To reduce your risk, be savvy about how germs can be found in contaminated food and sometimes make you sick.
Here are 4 simple steps to food safety:
Wash your hands and surfaces often. Germs can survive in many places around your kitchen, including your hands, utensils, and cutting boards.
Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables under running water and follow the rules of food safety and Watch the CLEAN video!
Don't cross-contaminate. Even after you've cleaned your hands and surfaces thoroughly, raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can still spread germs to ready-to-eat foods—unless you keep them separate.
Watch the SEPARATE video!
Cook to the right temperature . While many people think they can tell when food is "done" simply by checking its color and texture, there's no way to be sure it's safe without following a few important but simple steps. Use a food thermometer to ensure that foods are cooked to a safe internal temperature: 145°F for whole meats (allowing the meat to rest for 3 minutes before carving or consuming), 160°F for ground meats, and 165°F for all poultry.
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Keep your refrigerator below 40°F and refrigerate foods properly. Germs can grow in many foods within 2 hours unless you refrigerate them. (During the summer heat, cut that time down to 1 hour.)
For more information on preventing food poisoning, check your steps at FoodSafety.gov. In Spanish
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Economist: Tech changes slow recovery
While recovery from the economic recession has not been as fast as anyone would have liked, Georgia's economy is better off than it was two or three years ago, according to Donald Sabbarese, director of the Coles College of Business Econometric Center at Kennesaw State University.
Sabbarese spoke Wednesday to more than 100 participants at the 30th annual Berry Business Outlook Conference.
Recovery from the recent recession is taking place at a much slower pace than any of the past four recessions, he said. Those four recessions go as far back as 1981, Sabbarese added.
Changing technology, he said, has played a role in slowing recovery, because many people out of work need more education to re-enter the workforce.
"The technology is so different than it was 10 years ago, so we'll have new job growth but I don't think we'll have anything like we've had in the past recoveries," Sabbarese said. "A lot of people have been unemployed for a long time and I think their skill levels may be antiquated and I think that's another challenge we may have moving forward, but that's what an education system is for."
Businesses have money and are investing, but they are investing in capital, but not human capital, he said.
"Manufacturing is changing," Sabbarese said. "They're losing manufacturing jobs in China because of the technology."
He said the economy has been adding an average of 175,000 jobs a month. "That's good but that's not good enough," Sabbarese said.
"The economy needs to grow 135,000 jobs a month just to keep up with population growth. That doesn't leave you with many jobs for all those people who are unemployed or lost jobs and are looking for jobs," Sabbarese said.
Georgia, according to the economist, is rebounding a little better than much of the rest of the nation. "We're moving in the right direction," Sabbarese said.
Looking specifically at the economy of Rome and Floyd County, Sabbarese said that 2008-2009 was particularly rough on the local economy. "It looks like 2013 is going to be pretty solid for you guys and then 2014 looks really solid," Sabbarese said.
Job growth in healthcare services in Floyd County is nearly double the growth across the state.
"You have a really great niche. You have some really good hospital services up here," Sabbarese said.
"We're still not where we need to be," Sabbarese said. "Because payroll taxes have gone up and some other taxes have increased, I don't think people have adjusted to that and going forward we're going to see more adjustments in consumer spending"
The Kennesaw State economist said that part of what fueled a big run-up in the economy in the middle years of the last decade was the dip in mortgage rates that saw a lot of people re-finance. Sabbarese said a lot of people took that cash out and went on a buying spree.
Sabbarese predicted that by 2020 the national debt will easily exceed $20 trillion. He suggested serious tax and entitlement reform will be needed.
"Medicare is going to be a bigger problem than Social Security," Sabbarese said.


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The Staten Island Ferry is going global.
This year, Sundog's experimental theater project -- which invites writers to submit never-before-produced, one-act plays set on the iconic boat -- received 50 entries from around the country, Australia and Italy, says artistic director Susan Fenley, who launched "Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry" in 2003.
The six winning submissions -- three comedies and three dramas -- will debut March 21 in New Dorp Moravian Church.
"There are some really interesting things going on in writers' brains," Fenley says. "It's kind of heartening that people from all over the world are intrigued by our ferry."
This year's winners hail from Staten Island (Fay Corinotis and Helen Montagna), Brooklyn, Manhattan, Los Angeles and Pasadena, Calif. As in the past, the winners will receive $100.
The project has changed over the last six years. What originally started as a 24-hour blank-page-to-stage creative exercise grew into a national event last year. This year, the decision was made to open it up to the world via Craigslist, the Arts Council and the Dramatist Guild. Also, the actors (who auditioned in Manhattan and Staten Island ) will now have several days to rehearse before opening night.
Here is a list of the plays being presented (note: each one has some sort of twist of fate):
-- "As I Was Going to St. George," by Robin Rothstein: A woman breaks some news to her fiance that changes their lives;
-- "Blind Dates for the Downsized," by Denis Meadows. A matchmaker brings together a young couple for a blind date aboard the ferry;
-- "Eye of the Beholder," by Elayne Heilveil. A new widower and new divorcee meet on the ferry, confronting their needs for companionship;
-- "In the Same Boat," by Fay Corinotis. Three women of various ages and careers see they have many similarities;
-- "Momentary Blindness," by Helen Montagna. A young couple tries to define their relationship and their short- and long-term futures;
-- "Take Our Picture," by Mark Harvey Levine. On the fourth anniversary of their initial meeting, a young couple has a fateful picture taken of them.
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Police in Hanover believe a fire at a Dartmouth College fraternity was a case of arson.
Crews responded to a fire alarm at the Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity early Friday. They evacuated the building. No one was hurt.
An investigation found evidence that indicated someone intentionally set some materials on fire in the fraternity's basement.
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OnPoint Community Credit Union, the largest credit union in Oregon, will serve as the title sponsor of the 15th annual OnPoint Bend WinterFest held February 14-16, 2014, in Bend.
Attendees of the event in Bend's Old Mill District will experience live music, ski and snowboard competitions, art and artisan food marketplace, and activities for children.
Entries for the 2014 WinterFest Poster Art Contest will be accepted through November 12, 2013. The contest is open to 6-12 grade students in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties. As many as ten finalists will have their art displayed in OnPoint's Bend Downtown branch, 950 NW Bond St., November 18-23. During that time, members of the community are invited to vote to select one winner whose art will be featured on a 2014 Bend WinterFest poster. Complete details and contest rules are available at http://www.onpointcu.com/winterfest.
A portion of this year's Bend WinterFest button sale proceeds will be donated to local nonprofit, Saving Grace—an organization that provides services to those who have experienced domestic violence.
"OnPoint is pleased to continue as title sponsor of Bend WinterFest and offer the public an opportunity to support a nonprofit like Saving Grace through our button sales," said Rob Stuart, OnPoint's president and CEO. "It's a great community event that celebrates the outstanding culture and winter activities that Bend has to offer."


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West Ashley, a No. 1 seed in the girls' Class AAAA state playoffs, scored often and settled the issue early in a 70-31 homecourt victory tonight over Fort Dorchester.
The Wildcats jumped to a 32-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back as they extended their winning streak to 10 games.
The Wildcats, who improved to 21-1, host North Augusta in the second round on Friday. North Augusta advanced with a 63-48 victory over Carolina Forest. Fort Dorchester finished with a 4-18 record.
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Vittorio Okio wrote:
> :-)))) i share your feelings, though i still have a windowz workstation in
> addition to my ubuntu laptop (you can see it from my OE post here :-> ).
But you can make OE a lot more acceptable by installing a little utility
called Quotefix.
That way this irritating answering before the question is no longer a
> well, i guess quite a bit of people still keep windowz for variaty of
> reasons. e.g. i keep it because i've just started w. linux and not ready to
> administare it in full yet. + i have to consider my dear wife :-) i'll have
> to teach linux, etc., etc. etc. :-)))
There is no need to "teach Linux" with the modern Ubuntu and especially
Kubuntu, they are so much self explanatory that any person you are
willing to spend any time with can grasp the basics first time 'round!
> folks, just be patient and windowz slowly but surely dies. :-) though it
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>>>>> but
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Author Affiliations: Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital of Västerås, Västerås (Ms Åslund and Drs Leppert and Nilsson), and Department of Social Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad (Dr Starrin), Sweden; and Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Lillehammer College, Lillehammer, Norway (Dr Starrin).
To investigate the associations among social status, shaming experiences, and adolescent depression using a status-shaming model.
Population-based, self-report cohort study.
Västmanland, Sweden.
A cohort of 5396 students in grade 9 (age 15-16 years) and the second year of high school (age 17-18 years).
Participants completed the anonymous questionnaire Survey of Adolescent Life in Västmanland–2006 during class hours.
Main Outcome Measures
We investigated the prevalence of depression according to the Depression Self-Rating Scale of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition, Text Revision), A-criterion, regarding subjective social status, shaming experiences, and social background. Social status was measured as (1) attributed status of a family's socioeconomic and social standing and (2) acquired status of peer group and school. Binary logistic regressions were used for the analyses.
Shaming experiences and low social status interacted with depression. If shaming experiences were present, participants with both high and low attributed status were at increased risk for depression (odds ratio [low and high groups, respectively], 5.4-6.9), whereas medium status seemed to have a protective function. For acquired status, the highest elevated risk was found in participants with low status (odds ratio [girls and boys, respectively], 6.7-8.6).
Social status may influence the risk for depression when an individual is subjected to shaming experiences. The present study contributes to the mapping of the influence of social status on health and may have essential implications for understanding, preventing, and treating adolescent depression.
The social status gradient of health is a well-known phenomenon,1- 7 presumably influencing health and mortality in all groups and hierarchies of society. Social status may be defined as hierarchical position in relation to that of other individuals in a society or social context but can also refer to power, authority, or prestige. In human beings, sensitivity to status and the capability to evaluate relations to other persons and what they think of us are characteristics of a social being.8 From an evolutionary perspective, low social status may be seen as a potential threat to survival because it could mean less access to resources, less opportunity to mate, and less opportunity to cooperate with others. In the modern world, however, low social status may be more connected to symbolic threats to self, thus providing a major source of chronic stress2,9- 11 and presumably altering neuroendocrine functions associated with, for example, depression,12,13 obesity,14 and untimely death.1,7 High social status has repeatedly been shown to be a protective factor against ill health and death in adult populations.1,2,4 The mechanisms between social status and health in younger populations are, however, not yet sufficiently explored. Shame may be seen as closely related to status and has been defined as an emotion signaling threat to our social bonds to other persons.15- 17 Losing status and attractiveness or being rejected or excluded from a group or relationship one wishes to be part of is a common source of shame.18 Although feelings of shame and pride are important factors in a person's evaluation of self and have served a purpose of social control and behavior regulation in civilizations throughout history,19,20 experiences of being repeatedly subjected to humiliation, ridicule, and social exclusion by other persons may result in toxic shame and stigmatization. Toxic shame may form a basis for psychologic and physical pathologic reactions, presumably through chronic stress.21
It has been suggested that persons of low social status are particularly vulnerable to acts of humiliation and disrespect from others,22 possibly as a cause of having weaker status shields, that is, less access to social and emotional capital, that would make them more sensitive to insults.23 A previous study of status, shame, and aggressive behavior in adolescents showed a strong protective function of medium status in the association between shaming and aggressive behavior.24 It may be that status shields differ between age groups. Adolescence is characterized by a strong urge to conform to the peer group and not stand out or differ from others.25 Thus, conformity in the form of medium social status may be a protective factor in the association between humiliation and depression in adolescent populations.
We propose herein a status-shaming model in which an individual's social status position may moderate the effects of shaming experiences in the prediction of depression. We will investigate the relational aspect of feelings of shame by examining whether an individual has experienced, for example, ridicule and insult. The term we use for this is "shaming experiences."
Our hypotheses are that (1) shaming experiences increase the risk for depression, (2) occurrence of depression differs depending on subjective social status, (3) there is an interaction between subjective social status and shaming experiences in which risk for depression in association with shaming experiences differs depending on social status, and (4) individuals with low or high subjective social status exhibit a higher risk for depression after shaming experiences compared with individuals with medium subjective social status.
This study was part of the Survey of Adolescent Life in Västmanland–2006, a survey regularly distributed by the County Council of Västmanland, Sweden, to monitor the psychosocial health of the county's adolescent population. All students in grade 9 (age 15-16 years) and the second year of high school (age 17-18 years) comprised the target population. The 5451 students completed the survey during class hours. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. Fifty-five participants did not state their sex and were excluded from the study, leaving 5396 subjects. There were 1608 adolescent boys and 1549 adolescent girls participating in grade 9 and 1200 adolescent boys and 1039 adolescent girls participating in the second year of high school. Participation was generally high, with an overall response rate of 80.3% of the total population and 97.7% internal (form) response rate. The study was approved by the regional ethical review board of Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Demographic data were obtained and assigned a numeric value, as follows: sex (male, 0; female, 1), whether both parents were born in Sweden or Scandinavia (0) or at least 1 parent was born outside of Scandinavia (1), whether the parents were living together (0) or were separated or divorced (1), whether both parents were working (0) or 1 or both parents were unemployed (1), and whether the student was living in a single-family house (0) or a multifamily house (1).
The participants were asked 2 questions: (1) Have you during the last 3 months experienced that someone has made you an object of ridicule in front of others? and (2) Have you during the last 3 months experienced that someone has insulted your dignity? The answer alternatives were: 0, no; 1, rather seldom; 2, sometimes; 3, rather often; and 4, almost always. A summation index of the 2 questions was created with a range of 0 to 8 points. We then divided participants into 2 groups on the basis of frequency of shaming experiences. In the shaming groups, 0 to 2 points counted as less shaming experiences (0) and 3 or more points counted as more shaming experiences (1).
We used a modified version of the scale of Goodman et al26 of adolescent social status in which we formulated questions about 4 different contexts of perceived social status. Goodman et al26 pointed out that traditional measures of socioeconomic status (SES) define a person's social position; however, for adolescents, this would apply to the parents' SES rather than the adolescent's own SES. They suggest that the social position of the school community would be a better measure of adolescent social status because peer norms, perceptions, and behaviors are such strong determinants of adolescent life.26 With this reasoning, we specified 2 categories of adolescent social status: (1) attributed status, that is, the family's SES and societal position, which the adolescent is born into and has little or no means to influence and (2) acquired status, that is, the social status in the peer group and school environment, which the adolescent has acquired by himself or herself in social interaction with others. The status position depends on how successful this interaction has been.
The variable for attributed status was constructed from 2 questions scored on a 7-point Likert scale: (1) family SES: Imagine society as being like a ladder. At the bottom are those with the least money, and at the top are those with the most money. If you think about how wealthy your own family is compared with the rest of society, where would you place your family on this scale? and (2) family social standing: Imagine society as being like a ladder. At the bottom are those with the lowest standing/position and at the top are those with the highest standing/position. If you think of the standing/position of your family compared with the rest of society, where would you place your family on this scale?
The variable for acquired status was constructed from 2 questions scored on a 7-point Likert scale: (1) peer group status: Think about your standing/position in your group of friends. At the bottom of the scale are those with the lowest standing/position in the group, and at the top are those with the highest standing/position. Where would you place yourself on this scale? and (2) social status at school: Think about your social standing/position among your schoolmates. At the bottom of the scale are those with the lowest standing/position and at the top are those with the highest standing/position at school. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
We used the Depression Self-Rating Scale of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition, Text Revision) (DSM-IV-TR), A-criterion, for major depression, with a reported sensitivity of 96.1% and specificity of 59.4% for major depression.27,28 If 5 or more symptoms were reported and at least 1 of the 2 general criteria was fulfilled, the individual was classified as depressed according to DSM-IV, A-criterion.
Summation indexes of attributed and acquired status were created by summarizing the 2 questions in each status category into indexes ranging from 2 to 14. Principal component analysis with varimax with Kaiser normalization was used to investigate the internal relations of the status variables. The first component consisted of family SES and family social standing (eigenvalue 2.09; factor loading of 0.91 and 0.87, respectively). The second component consisted of status in peer group and status at school (eigenvalue 1.07; factor loading of 0.86 and 0.85, respectively). The correlation between attributed status summation index and attributed status factor score was 0.98. The correlation between acquired status summation index and acquired status factor score was also 0.98. We divided each summation index into 3 categories: low status, 2 to 7 points; medium status, 8 to 10 points; and high status, 11 to 14 points. These cutoff points were made so that the 3 groups in each status category would be proportionally as equal as possible, because most individuals have a tendency to rank themselves slightly above average insofar as desirable personal qualities such as intelligence, friendliness,1 and social status.29
Sex differences in the variables included in the models were analyzed using the nonparametric χ2 test. Binary logistic regression was used for statistical analysis. In the logistic regression analysis, the reference group of the status-shaming model was medium status, few shaming experiences. The models were made separately for the 2 status-shaming models, split between adolescent girls and adolescent boys. Two analyses of each model were made, one analyzing the model singularly and one controlling for demographic background by entering factors of parental separation, parents' labor market role, type of housing, and race/ethnicity.
Some sex differences were noted concerning demographic background (Table 1). Insofar as social status, adolescent boys more often reported high attributed and acquired status, whereas adolescent girls more often reported low acquired status. Adolescent girls also reported more shaming experiences. Furthermore, there was a difference in the prevalence of depression between adolescent boys (14.6%) and adolescent girls (28.1%) (Table 1).
There were associations between low social status and depression (Table 2). Low acquired status at first seemed to be more strongly associated with depression than low attributed status. However, when analyzing attributed status without adjusting for demographic background, as the factors were correlated (separated parents, −0.18; type of housing, −0.18; unemployed parent, −0.23; and race/ethnicity, −0.04; all P < .01), the difference decreased. For adolescent boys with low attributed status, the odds ratio was 2.18 (95% confidence interval, 1.70-2.81); for adolescent girls with low attributed status, the odds ratio was 2.18 (1.78-2.68) when compared with the medium status reference group without adjustment for sociodemographic background. Participants reporting many shaming experiences were at an approximately 4-fold increased risk of depression (Table 2).
When we combined social status and shaming experiences into the status-shaming model, the patterns of relations between social status and depression changed. To report low acquired status and many shaming experiences resulted in a 6- to 8-fold increased risk of depression when adjusted for demographic background (Table 3). Adolescent girls with low or high attributed status who reported many shaming experiences were at about 5- to 7-fold increased risk of depression, and adolescent boys with low or high attributed status who reported many shaming experiences were at approximately 5-fold increased risk of depression, compared with the reference group with medium status and few shaming experiences. These findings present a U-shaped pattern in which prevalence of depression had the strongest relation to shaming experiences in participants who reported either low or high attributed status, whereas medium status had the lowest risk of depression. The U-shaped patterns of associations between status, shaming, and depression are shown in the Figure.
Percentage of adolescent boys and girls who are depressed according to the Depression Self-Rating Scale of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition, Text Revision), depending on shaming experiences and attributed status (A and B) and on shaming experiences and acquired status (C and D).
In the present study, we investigated associations between shaming experiences, social status, and depression. Our primary findings were as follows. First, there is a strong association between shaming experiences, that is, humiliation or insult, and depression. Second, individuals who reported low subjective social status were at higher risk of depression than those reporting medium or high social status. Third, when considering social status and shaming experiences together, the factors interacted in the prediction of depression. Participants who reported low or high attributed status were at higher risk of depression when subjected to many shaming experiences compared with participants who reported medium attributed status. Medium status seemed to provide a protective function in this regard. This U-shaped pattern was not found when considering acquired status and shaming.
The results confirmed the suggestion of Goodman et al26 that social status in peer group and school holds a strong importance for adolescent health and must be considered when analyzing associations between social status and health. Acquired status showed a pattern for depression more similar to that in an adult population, in which low status combined with many shaming experiences contributed the highest risk. The U-shaped pattern of attributed status and shaming suggests the need to differentiate between status measures when considering associations between status and health in adolescents, and needs further investigation. We did not find any distinct sex differences insofar as the importance of the different types of status for the development of depression, although the association between high attributed status, many shaming experiences, and depression was strongest in the adolescent girls.
A possible interpretation of our U-shaped results could be that a family's high SES may also correspond to certain demands being placed on an individual to be successful. The pressure of living up to expectations and fear of failure may be a serious stress factor in adolescents, possibly comparable to the stress of having low social status. To be at the top or bottom of the social status scale might make an individual more vulnerable to the detrimental consequences of shame and humiliation when compared with having the same status as the large middle group. Adolescents are often driven by a strong urge to conform and the need to belong,25 which may imply that having the same status as everyone else in the large medium-status group could be a protective factor. In addition, individuals with medium status might have more access to social and emotional support.
Insofar as associations between low status, shaming experiences, and depression, a possible interpretation might be found by considering certain evolutionary theories. Depression may be a mechanism for yielding in competitive situations to prevent the individual from continuing a futile struggle for dominance, reduce threats from competitors, and encourage the acceptance of a new status quo.12,30- 32 If voluntary yielding is blocked, the mechanism for subordination may become intense and prolonged, which could be recognized as depressive illness.32 This may be one possible explanation for the strong associations between low social status, shaming experiences, and depression.
The present study confirms the importance of feelings of shame and humiliation in the development of depression. Shame is the key response when subjected to threats to the social self, which, when long-lasting or toxic, may result in pathologic reactions.33 A previous study using the status-shaming model found strong associations between shaming, social status, and aggressive behavior.24 It has been suggested that individuals with high narcissism and low self-concept react aggressively after ego threat, whereas individuals with lower narcissism and high self-concept react with depression.34
A limitation of this study is that it relies solely on self-reporting and, thus, involves risk of information bias owing to false or inaccurate responses from the participants. For example, individuals tend to overestimate positive traits such as social status when self-reporting.29 It has been suggested that subjective social status may have a stronger influence on health than objective social status when considering stress from social position.7,35,36 How we perceive ourselves in relation to others is what causes a stress reaction, rather than objective facts if our evaluation of self results in a feeling of inferiority or threat to self.33 A major problem with questions about emotions and relationships is that participants may be either unaware of this area or think they are aware but have inaccurate views. It is possible that some of our findings depend on the research method used and the realities of the participants' lives. This is particularly true for emotions of shame because most shame occurs without awareness, and such unacknowledged shame may be a cause for psychologic problems.15,20,37 Another limitation of the study is the question of cause and effect insofar as social status, shaming experiences, and depression. Depressed persons may be more likely to interpret different life situations as humiliating and degrading and to judge their social status as low. Because of the psychologic consequences of depression, it would be impossible to distinguish the direction of cause and effect in the measures of the study. However, correlations between the concepts indicated that there was no autocorrelation.
Another limitation is that the measurement of depression had high sensitivity and low specificity, providing a risk for false-positive classifications. The Depression Self-Rating Scale of the DSM-IV, A-criterion, involves the risk of including participants who would be ruled out according to the more strict B-, C-, D-, and E-criteria. This scale has, nevertheless, been proved a useful instrument for defining major depression.27 Another possible way to measure severity of depression would be to assess the frequency of depressive symptoms; however, the construction of the questionnaire and the criteria for DSM-IV makes such a method less specific than the one used in the present study.
Our results contribute to the mapping of influence of social status and shame on health and may have essential implications in the understanding, prevention, and treatment of depression in adolescents. Schools and institutions working to prevent and detect depression and illness in adolescents might benefit from awareness of the influence of social status.
Correspondence: Cecilia Åslund, BA, Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital of Västerås, S-72189 Västerås, Sweden (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: May 29, 2008.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Åslund, Leppert, Starrin, and Nilsson. Acquisition of data: Åslund and Nilsson. Analysis and interpretation of data: Åslund, Starrin, and Nilsson. Drafting of the manuscript: Åslund and Nilsson. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Åslund, Leppert, Starrin, and Nilsson. Statistical analysis: Nilsson. Obtained funding: Nilsson. Administrative, technical, and material support: Nilsson. Study supervision: Leppert, Starrin, and Nilsson.
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2008: $18.6mOverall that's good news for the city, for the time being. But the report does note that next year's expected growth rate in property tax revenues of 2.5-3% is well off the 7.7% from the current year. And of course, those revenues have rocketed forward at even higher annual rates throughout the first part of the decade.
2009: $19.7m (mid-year projection, +$400k/+2% over budget)
2010: $20.3m (projected)
2008: $450kHere is where the slowdown in home sales and prices is most evident. A 55% shortfall against the budget is a shocker, but the actual financial impact on the city is comparatively minor. From the report:
2009: $550k (budget)
2009: $244k (midyr. proj.)
2010: $230k (prelim. estimate)
[S]ingle family residential sales volume has dropped dramatically, and with that, prices. In 2007, sales volume for residential properties was 391 units, with a median price of $1,628,500. Our most recent report indicated expected sales volume for 2008 of 300 units (a decrease of 23%), with a median price of $1,540,000 (a 5.4% decrease).It looks like when the city budget was developed, someone thought we'd never see a slower sales pace than 2007. After all, it was the worst on record for 20+ years. (See MBC's stories, "Slower, Slower, Slower" and "Maybe It Can't Get Worse," both covering sales in 2007.)
Building PermitsBoth areas were hit harder than expected. From the report:
2008: $817k
2009: $785k (budgeted)
2009: $700k (midyr. proj.)
2010: $650k (prelim. est.)
Plan Check Fees
2008: $763k
2009: $735k (budgeted)
2009: $583k (midyr. proj.)
2010: $500k (prelim. est.)
While we conservatively budgeted this year's revenues given last year's declines, we expect them to still fall short of budget by a combined $237,200, or 15%...We will note here that the city can cut costs for plan checks, and has done so, to reflect the reduced activity.
[R]esidential demolition permits, which a few years ago averaged 15 per month, has dropped to just one in December 2008. This statistic serves as a leading indicator of future residential construction and permits/planning fees.
Overall budget shortfall (FY 2008-09): $1.68m (-3.2% of total budget, $51.3m)When these projections were prepared, it's doubtful the fiscal planners foresaw the rush of quick going-out-of-business sales all over downtown. They guessed sales tax revenues would be down next year by 5%. They also note that 50% of MB's sales tax revenue ($7.4m projected next year) comes from 15 businesses and therefore "remains sensitive."
Projected budget shortfall (FY 2009-10): $3.6m (-6.7% of total budget, $53.5m)
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One thing you should note: If you watch games on TV and notice how quite the games are, you should more or less blame FSN Detroit for turning the microphones so low that you hear nothing beyond Ken and Mickey. I have noticed that on NBC games the crowd is a little bit noticably louder.
Another factor of course comes into play: It's Columbus. Nobody gets up for watching them. The Jackets have yet to even compete for a playoff spot in their existance, and once you get beyond Vyborny, Nash, and to an extent Fedorov, there is little to no skill on that team at all. I say this as a whole, even though they did beat the Wings last night. They really only beat them because the Wings were lazy. If the Wings were at the top of their game last night, they would have blown the Jackets clear out of the water.
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NPR has an interesting piece up today called "Watching TV Online Often Exposes Slow Bandwidth," that starts off much the way you would expect for a story with that title:
There are more ways than ever to watch TV programs on the Internet, from Netflix and Amazon to Hulu. But many viewers discover that watching TV on the Web can be frustrating. Their favorite show might suddenly stop, stutter and be replaced by a note that reads "buffering." The problem is lack of bandwidth: The data that is the video just can't squeeze through the wires and onto the screen.
But there is a place where some people never worry about bandwidth. It's called Fiber Space, and it was created by Google as part of its Internet access project in Missouri.
To demonstrate the difference that high bandwidth can make, one NPR reporter tries to watch streaming video online while downloading an 8GB game in the background, while another reporter does the same in Kansas City.
I used NPR's connection in Washington, D.C., to watch an HD nature video while downloading an 8-gigabyte video game that I wanted to play later. Hogan, joined by Casas and another Google team member, Tom Fitzgerald, did the same thing.
The video begins playing in Washington, but the game doesn't t start to download.
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Aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) are rare hematologic diseases that often appear in the same patient. Patients with aplastic anemia have severe thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, and anemia accompanied by absent hematopoietic precursors in an "empty" bone marrow (1). In contrast, the classic evidence of PNH is the intermittent appearance of dark urine due to excretion of hemoglobin, the result of intravascular hemolysis (2). The knowledge that this peculiar form of erythrocyte destruction resulted from increased susceptibility of the PNH erythrocyte to complement led to the development of laboratory assays, such as the Ham and sugar hemolysis tests. Modern clinical studies have shown that patients with PNH experience serious morbidity and mortality, mainly from venous thromboses and, especially in younger patients, pancytopenia (3). On the basis of results of the Ham test in several patients, Lewis and Dacie (4) formalized the overlap between the two diseases as the aplastic anemia-paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria syndrome. With improved survival in aplastic anemia, many patients show laboratory and clinical evidence of PNH, often months or years after completion of successful immunosuppressive therapy (5–6).
Forward and side scatter (size and granularity) gates used to define polymorphonuclear cells. Expression of CD15 by gated cells from panel A. Staining of CD15 granulocytes with isotype controls for CD16 and CD66b. Staining of CD15 granulocytes (defined in panel B) with CD16-PECy5 and CD66b-FITC in a healthy participant. Staining of cells from a patient with PNH with CD16-PECy5 and CD66b-FITC. A normal population is seen in the upper right quadrant, and a distinct pan-glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein-negative population is evident in the lower left quadrant. Results of several Ham tests in this patient ranged from negative to borderline (3%). Values in boxes (0.1% and 50%) are the proportion of cells exhibiting the PNH phenotype: CD16 /CD66b .
Forty-eight independent samples from patients with glycosylphosphatidylinositol ( )-anchored protein-deficient granulocytes (≥ 1%) were analyzed concurrently for GPI-anchored protein-deficient erythrocytes by using flow cytometry and the Ham test. All events stacked at the far left of the graph ( = 31) represent samples with a negative result on the Ham test (<1% hemolysis) and a population of GPI-anchored protein-deficient erythrocytes (≥ 0.2%).
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