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I do feel human today. This was a strange cycle. Now nearly done and over and cramping all gone overnight. And 2 lbs of fluid gone overnight, as well. I always find that weird. I'm wearing the same capris today that felt kind of snug last evening, now they are fine (and no, they are not the sort that get stretched out, haha). Hopefully the remainder of the bloat will go over the weekend.
Been fasting today, not particularly hungry, and I slept in (bed late at 2 am, up at 1030) so it just sort of happened. Last night with the wine I did snack a bit on some slightly stale pork rinds (remainder gone in the trash), a pepperoni stick and a slice of smoked gouda. Errands done, collected a crapload of airmiles stocking up on basic stuff at Safeway. I suppose the fast is not done, as I'm sipping on a vodka soda with lime before prepping a late dinner. Planning on scallops and a small beef tenderloin, probably also some new potatoes from the CSA box. They look lovely and I haven't had potatoes in ages, aside from maybe one baby sized one perhaps twice in recent months. I always loved potatoes, some days I miss them. Growing up, we probably had potatoes at least 3 or 4 days out of 7. Good Polish/Ukrainian origins.
Had a call this morning from my mom, one of my uncles died last night. He's been in hospital for the last month or so, and was deteriorating at home for a while. He was 72, and his parents were told when he was diagnosed with hemophilia as a young child that he'd never live past the age of 5. I don't expect to make it to the funeral, as it's about a 12 hour drive away in Edmonton. I hope my aunt will be okay, she's been taking care of him for a long time, they were married 45 years. My granny (mom to this aunt) is also in hospital, and might need to be be placed in a home with 24 hour nursing care, rather than return to her assisted living apartment. She's 93.


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Raul Castro Institute of Phoenix College and Professor James Garcia with New Carpa Theatre Co. extends an invitation to all of you and your families to come see, "The... read more
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"Celebrating a Lifetime of Exemplary Leadership" This year Governor Castro has been very busy with supporting the RCI throughout the state. In... read more
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Manuel Dominguez, a former special assistant to then Gov. Raul H. Castro, has donated items to the growing Castro Collection. The donations include documents,... read more
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Latino youth will enter higher education and leave as well credentialed graduates earning a living wage and contributing to their families, the economy and the community... read more
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Community members gathered to celebrate four of the state's pioneering women at the fourth annual Arizona Latina Trailblazers event on March 28, 2012 at Phoenix Art... read more
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"Arizona's Emerging Latino Vote" was the focus of last spring's annual ALRE/RCI Town Hall, held February 10, 2012 in Bulpitt Auditorium at Phoenix College. A... read more
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The Raul H. Castro Institute of Phoenix College and the Asian Pacific Islander Coalitions from Glendale Community College and Mesa Community College presented a 30-... read more
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Phoenix College's Raul H. Castro Institute served as the host for the second meeting of the Latino and Jewish communities as part of the Latino-Jewish Dialogue Series.... read more
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Entertainment great Merv Griffin died today, Sunday, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 82.
Griffin, right in photo above, made in his last appearance in The Jewish Journal in June, when he was photographed with Fred Hayman, center, and Placido Domingo, left, at a ceremony marking Fred Hayman week in Beverly Hills.
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Not everything you learn can immediately be applied to organisations who need process help. Sometimes, if you start to use new fangled methods (albeit from the 80's) with your teams, they may just think that you have gone slightly mad. Learning Lean Six Sigma will change the way you think. Ok, brainwash you.
I detested queues before I understood what was wrong and why. The techniques have taken over the way I think about operations to the point where it's applicable to life the universe and everything else too. Six Sigma is a highly disciplined process, that enables the delivery and execution of #nearasdammit perfect product and service, with focus on Quality and The Customer.
There are many definitions for Six Sigma, but I'll share 3 of mine with the help of the master of the meaning of life Douglas Adams.
1. It's a philosophic, customer focussed approach to build understanding that when we get things wrong with our customers, it's expensive, not just in financial terms but also it costs loyalty. "This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy." (thanks Douglas) If a company continually lets its customers down they will leave the brand. It will then cost the company more money to bring them back. Simple.
2. Six Sigma is about statistics, and letting the data highlight areas for improvement, to be excellent and deliver 3.4 defects per million opportunities (products or service) and not just gut feel…. Most world class operations strive to achieve a great Sigma score, Airlines tend to operate at 14 Sigma for example. But more companies operate at around 3 Sigma showing there are lots of opportunities for improvement. Some companies however go too far in the search of perfection, and getting those last few percentages can cost more to perfect than to accept. Using a simple equation such as Quality x Acceptance = Effectiveness can help "I'd far rather be happy than right any day." (there he is again) use it to help measure how far a process is away from ultimate perfection and eliminate the defects.
3. Six Sigma is a process and to achieve the illusive 3.4 defects in a million opportunities you need to implement and use that process, most commonly known as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) for existing process or operations, or where new process is required DMADV (Design, Measure, Analyse, Design, Verify). Simply put, define the problem and your goal, measure how big the problem is, analyse why it's happening, improve the process to prevent error and control it to ensure it stays within acceptable levels. Douglas had a machine to help him work it out, but it was wrong, the meaning of life isn't 42. It's 6.
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Temperatures this month have veered from single-digit to balmy, creating movement in the Altoona Water Authority's pipes and the ground in which they're buried.
This has resulted in almost-daily water main breaks: 24 in the last 22 days, according to Tim Manley, supervisor of water maintenance.
On Wednesday, there was a big break on Union Avenue between Fifth and Sixth avenues, caused by a football-sized blowout in a century-old 8-inch cast iron pipe.
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Altoona Highway Department workers repair a water main Wednesday along Union Avenue.
Workers caught a break with the temperature on Wednesday, which was about 48 degrees when a passerby called in an alert around 4 a.m., rising to 62 around noon - by which time the workers were about ready to backfill the hole.
It hasn't been an easy month for authority line crews.
"As you get older, [the cold temperatures] get harder," said Mike Milliron, 52, the distribution foreman at the site in the afternoon.
The break forced the closure of Union Avenue because the churning water undermined the roadway, before a foreman called to the scene shut it off, according to Milliron.
A five-member crew worked on the break, supplemented with two workers flagging traffic, Manley said.
Traffic resumed about 2 p.m., according to PennDOT.
Local customers also caught a break, as the outage only meant that three customers lost service, Milliron said.
There are valves at almost every intersection in the city, and the authority has a grid system of piping, with pressurized water coming from all directions around outage areas, so few customers lose service during most outages, Milliron said.
The rash of breaks has occurred during a period that included four successive days with single-digit lows, beginning Jan. 22, according to National Weather Service data.
By contrast, the temperatures rose above 50 on three successive days beginning Monday.
"Any time there is a drastic change in temperatures," Manley said. "That makes the earth shift."
Workers repaired Wednesday's break with a 5-foot section of ductile iron pipe, connected to the ends of the existing pipe with ductile iron couplers, Manley said.
Employees at the Horseshoe Curve treatment plant actually learned of the break around 3:30 a.m., based on instruments that showed a pressure drop in the area served by the Prospect distribution tank, but they didn't know where, until the passerby's alert, Milliron said.
The Prospect service area runs from East End to Logan Valley Mall, he said.
Fortunately - or unfortunately, depending on one's point of view - the leak ended up being easy to find, if you were a motorist on Union Avenue.
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This is a study guide for The alien and Sedition acts.
They were afraid of foreign influence (foreign people. and they wanted to weaken the Jefferson party
Why did Adams and Congress want to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Nationlized Act, Alien Enemies Act ,Aliens friends Act, and the Sedition Act
The alien and Sedition Acts consisted of 4 seperate Acts. What were they?
that all male citizens of an enemy nation could be arrested, detained, and deported.
What was the Alien Enemies Act?
First Amendments of the Bill of Rights
What did the Democrat-Republicans say the Sedition Act violated?
The president was a federlist and he didnt like the anti-federlists and he didnt want people to say negative thing about him
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My bad. Like "The Fonz," I have a leather jacket, but unlike "The Fonz," I can admit when I was wr .... wr ... wr ... um, not right.
In this space last week, I gave a "kick in the pants" to "the school zone on Bell Street next to Amarillo High" because motorists motor on through like the school zone doesn't exist.
Well, it doesn't. Sort of. But it should.
The much-traveled Bell Street thoroughfare behind AHS, which has to be one of the busiest streets in the city of Amarillo, has a couple of crosswalks and flashing yellow lights — but no 20 mph school zone.
However, turn onto Sandie Drive from Bell Street, and there is a 20 mph school zone sign, only a few yards from Bell Street. And then there is another 20 mph school zone sign near the corner of Sandie Drive and Danbury, meaning only about half the traffic area around AHS is a school zone.
Why? Why is the entire campus not a school zone?
I asked the city's Traffic Engineering Department. The TED said "several" requests for an additional school zone on Fulton Drive next to AHS have been made in the past two years, but after more than 100 hours of traffic and pedestrian observation by the city, it was determined there was no need. However, the TED has requested — from time to time — that the Amarillo Police Department ramp up its presence on Fulton Drive and Bell Street because of speeding and jaywalking.
I may have been wr ... wr ... wr ... not right in my kick in the pants, but I'm pretty confident I'm correct in saying a school zone is needed all the way around the AHS campus, especially on Bell Street.
(By the way, one of Amarillo's finest told me I would not get a ticket for exceeding 20 mph down this part of Bell Street with the yellow crosswalk lights flashing. If you can't trust a cop, who can you trust?)
It makes little sense to have a 20 mph school zone sign on a residential street (near the intersection of Sandie Drive and Bell Street) only a few yards from one of the busiest streets in town, with kids crossing the street against traffic that can legally be going around 40 mph.
Speaking of traffic and busy streets, it is interesting that there is a 20 mph school zone near the intersection of Hillside Road and Hampton Drive. Hillside Road may not be Bell Street, but it has its share of traffic, and the school in question is not even visible from Hillside Road. There also is a 20 mph school zone on Southeast 34th Avenue in front of Caprock High School.
The point is it makes little sense to have all the bells and whistles of a crosswalk and flashing yellow lights next to a school campus if motorists are not going to take their feet off the gas, especially when part of the school campus is a school zone.
So, I can admit it. I was wrong.
Only I wish I had not been wrong, for reasons that have more to do with safety than my ego.
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To political candidates: I've heard from enough politicians the past few weeks to make
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To the NFL: As of this writing, there were still rumblings that the NFL might penalize teams for players using racial slurs on the field, primarily the "n-word." This is a despicable word, but how can this rule can be enforced? Better make sure you flag the right foul-mouthed football player, or officials will really hear some bad language.
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Mars has partnered with the NFL to create a limited edition of their Snickers Minis candies that feature all 32 NFL logos. The candies will be sold in 40 ounce packs, and are available exclusively at participating Walmart locations across the country.
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Isabella Harrison, M.D., of Virginia Beach, Va., died on Friday, Oct. 4, at the age of 99.
Dr. Harrison was born on March 30, 1914, in New York City, to James Burwell Harrison and Isabella Wright Harrison.
She was predeceased by her brother, William Wright Harrison and her niece, Susan Harrison Fitz-Hugh.
Dr. Harrison is survived by her niece, Janet Harrison Hinch of Kilmarnock, Va., and her nephew, William Wright Harrison Jr., of Virginia Beach; and seven grandnieces and grandnephews.
Dr. Harrison grew up on a dairy farm in Ulster County, N.Y. She graduated from The Madeira School in Washington, D.C. and completed her A.B. Degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She matriculated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1938, and then interned in gynecology and surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 1939 to 1943, she interned and completed her residency at Church Home Hospital in Baltimore, Md., where she became the first woman to serve as chief resident in surgery.
From 1944 to 1946, Dr. Harrison served in the U.S. Army as Captain at Lawson General Hospital and Regional Hospital in Oakland, Calif. After World War II, she joined the medical staff of the Veterans Administration in Martinsburg. She was appointed Assistant Chief of Surgery, and in 1950, became Chief of Surgical Service. Dr. Harrison was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 1947.
At that time, there were only three other women physicians in the United States that were certified in surgery. Dr. Harrison was also affiliated with the George Washington University Surgical Residency program, from 1949 to 1990.
Dr. Harrison retired in 1990 from the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Martinsburg, at the age of 76. Upon retirement, she moved to East Greenwich, R.I., where she oversaw surgical interns at the Veterans Administration in Providence, R.I.
She was an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Greenwich.
In 2000, she moved to Virginia Beach, and was an active volunteer at The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center. Dr. Harrison was a member of the American College of Surgeons, Women's Surgeons, the Audubon Society and Galilee Episcopal Church.
A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the St. Andrew's Chapel at Galilee Episcopal Church. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Isabella Harrison, M.D. Scholarship for Medical Education, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205; or to The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, 717 General Booth Boulevard, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.
The family wishes to extend its heartfelt appreciation to Hollie Jackman, Deborah Betancourt, and especially Colleen Gorman, for their love and care of Isabella in her last years.
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The first explorers called it the Valley of the Oaks, el Llano or Valle de los Robles. Where are the oaks now? But historical and physiographic evidence can give indications as to where they once were, along with many other things that have changed in the Santa Clara Valley. Join us for a talk describing a gallop, or at least a lope, northward through the valley in the 18th and early 19th centuries, beginning with native-built and Mission-built bridges over the Pájaro headwaters, and ending with a possible Russian princess and the Palo Alto tree.


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Romney in red tie, Obama in blue tie. Really fellas?
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Physicians have known for years that vaccines do not work as well in people who are suffering from a chronic infection such as malaria. Likewise, people with one kind of chronic infection tend to be more vulnerable to a second one.
A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers fingers a key culprit in these breakdowns of the immune system: chronic inflammation.
The research, published last month in the journal Immunity, reveals how long-term inflammation from one infection impairs the ability of infection-fighting T cells to form memories of any additional invaders - thereby hampering the immune system's ability to recognize and attack those invaders on future occasions.


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It took an extra period.
It took the longest run of the game.
But the Amarillo High playoff streak is alive and entering a second decade.
Amarillo High running back Matt Tate scored on a 25-yard sweep in the first overtime, sending the Sandies past San Angelo Centeral 16-9 in a defensive tussle Friday night at Dick Bvins Stadium.
Tate's run on the first play of overtime was Amarillo High's longest gain of the game and just the team's fifth first down.
"If it wasn't for the defense we would have been out of here," said Tate, who was basically the Sandies' offense with 68 yards rushing and all 26 yards receiving. "Our blocking schemes were messed up all game. I would cut up wrong and things like that. That last play everything clicked."
AHS 16, Central 9 (OT)
Records: Amarillo High is 4-5 overall and 3-2 in District 2-5A; San Angelo Central is 2-8 and 1-4.
Impact: AHS earns a playoff berth.
Key stat: Matt Tate ran 25 yards for a touchdown in overtime. It was the longest run of the game for AHS.
But despite the struggle on offense, Amarillo High lives to play another day thanks to a terrific defensivive effort.
Amarillo High won its last three games of the season to earn its 11th consecutive playoff berth. That playoff streak is the longest in Amarillo Independent School District history. But AHS goes into the playoff with a 4-6 record, the first playoff appearance with a losing mark.
"All that matters is that we won," said Amarillo High senior safety Brady Sillivent, who scored a key touchdown on an interception. "That's all that mattered."
Defense was the name of the game. Amarillo high had five first downs, while Central used a late drive to chalk up 11 first downs.
Both defenses made running tough by dominating the point of attacks on the line. Amarillo High finished with 147 yards. Central totaled 133 yards and if not for a late-game gamble would have left with a safety on botched snap punt by Amarillo High.
San Angelo had nine possesions in the first half and managed four first downs and 58 yards. That scene pretty much continued until just more than three minutes reamined in the game.
Central put together its best drive but faced a fourth-and-one at the Sandie 27-yard line.
Central would finish the game completing 8-of-38 passes. But on that fourth down, Central quarterback Wesley Klepac faked a handoff and lofted a pass to Blake Ligon in the corner of the end zone for a touchdown.
"We had to go for it there," said Central coach Kyle Gandy, his team having to win by six to secure a playoff berth. "We had no choice. And we don't give up a play on defense longer than 10 yards all game. All game. They made the play they had to make."
Central even snagged the on-side kick to make things interesting, but Amarillo High made enough plays late to deny the Bobcats a playoff berth.
"The defense won it basically," said Amarillo High 28-year coach Larry Dippel, who notched win number 201 at AHS. "I'm proud of these players. The pressure is off and they truly worked hard for this."
Amarillo High's defense literally was the offense in the first half and helped build a 9-2 lead thanks to a pair of interceptions by Sillivent and defensive endMatt Williams.
Sillivent put Amarillo High on the scoreboard when he alertly plucked a tipped Klepac pass out of the air at the San Angelo 27-yard line.
Sillivent turned into a fullback. He went right up the middle of the field and about the 4-yard line found contact and bulled his way in for a touchdown with 3:53 to play in the first half.
Amarillo High went for a two-point conversion but failed and led 6-2.
Three offensive plays later, Williams batted an attempted screen pass up in the air and caught it himself at the San Angelo 13-yard line.
Although the Sandies offense failed to manage a first down, their kicker Terry Laxson booted a 22-yard field goal in a nasty crosswind. Laxson has made 13 of 16 field goal attempts this year.
AHS 16, San Angelo Central 9 (OT)
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SA _ Safety
AHS_Brady Sillivent 27 interception return (pass failed)
AHS_Terry Laxson 22 FG
SA_Blake Ligon 27 pass from Wesley Klepac (Ryan Humble kick)
AHS_ Matt Tate 25 run (Laxson kick)
San Angelo/Amarillo High
First downs/11/5
Yard rushing/10/116
Yards passing/123/26
Total yards/133/142
Individual Stats
Rushing: Central: Elisha Lawshea 14-52; Wesley Klepac 10-16; Chris Knappe 1-8; Karl Balfanz 2-6; Blake Ligon 1-(-5); Ryan Gandy 3-(-46); AHS: Matt Tate 17-68; Chris Cash 9-21; Dale Davis 10-22; Chase Doughten 1-2; Charlie Hamrick 1-3.
Passing: Central - Klepac 6-28-2-89; Gandy 2-16-0-44; AHS: Davis 4-11-1-26.
Receiving: Central - Ligon 5-89; Balfanz 3-37; AHS: Tate 4-26.
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The board voted to change the terms of Stepp's contract on Tuesday. Stepp has been superintendent since 2007 and was placed on paid administrative leave last week amid mounting criticism over bonuses and perks the board gave him in recent years.
The board rescinded contract included a $4,530 annual raise through 2019 and $83,000 retention bonus, which he now is required to pay back. Stepp's deal now lasts through July of 2014 and his base salary is $134,470 year.
The school board was initially informed about their error from the Medina City Teacher's Association, the union for the 7,200 student district in late February, said Karla Robinson, president for the school board.
As the controversy grew earlier this month, the board requested that the state auditor examine much of the spending in question, including payment of his college loans from Medina County Educational Service Center money--funds that pay for student services. Stepp is on leave pending the results of the audit and an interim superintendent will be announced next week, board officials said.
Robinson said Wednesday the board violated state laws when they initially met regarding his contract on Jan 7. Robinson said the board did not properly notify residents about intent of the meeting and, while at the meeting, they did not specify the reason why they entered into executive session regarding his contract.
Robinson, who became school board president after Charles Freeman resigned in March, said the board is prepared to pay--out of their own pockets--any fines or penalties as a result of the board violating state law.
She said the board also agreed to remove a proposed 5.9 mill tax increase from the May 7 ballot because of timing, and outrage from the public regarding the superintendent's contract.
"I can't express how difficult this has been for everyone on the board," Robinson said. "We are on the board to serve the students and community of Medina. This has been devastating for all of us."
Though the district admitted to violating the law, it doesn't necessarily mean they will be penalized.
Dan Tierney, a spokesman for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, said Sunshine law violations are civil issues that have to be initiated by a aggrieved party through a lawsuit. The district has not been contacted by the state regarding Sunshine law violations, a spokeswoman said.
Stepp, who could not be reached for comment, released a statement on Wednesday stating that all talks between him and the board regarding his contract and from which fund the payments would be made were transparent. He said the decision to rescind his deal was "unfortunate" and said the school board has attempted to "profit from their mistake and remove themselves from a legal obligation to uphold a contract."
The school district has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for Stepp's undergraduate and advanced degrees. In 2010, the board agreed to pay $93,000 for him to pursue a master's degree in business administration. The board later agreed to pay for degrees he received prior to his master's at Case Western Reserve University and paid $172,000 to the U.S. Department of Education for his student loans.
Medina City Teacher's Association President John Leatherman said the union was informed about the board's Sunshine law violation from a resident. He said he is glad the board reversed the contract agreement, which was approved when the union was in negotiations that ended with teacher's taking a pay freeze and paying higher health care premiums.
"It was really hard news for me to hear in the beginning because this was something they did on the fly," Leatherman said. "I'm glad the board took onus for this, we think it is fair."


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I was dismayed to see a recent milestone come and go without a single mention in The Birmingham News: 1,000 days since our federal government last passed a budget. This omission would have been troubling in any paper, but it was even more so since Alabama's own Sen. Jeff Sessions has been one of the leading voices trying to draw attention to this sad fact.
Democrats have had a healthy Senate majority since 2007. So, why have they ducked this most basic responsibility of governing? Because Sen. Harry Reid, the majority leader, said it would be "foolish" for members of his party to produce a budget and be held to account for their votes. Well, if I ran my household budget that way, it wouldn't just be foolish, it would be the height of fiscal irresponsibility.
The Democrats who control the Senate may think they're above such mundane matters as prioritizing how they want to spend our money, but voters across this country will remind them in November they are not.
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Community leaders, iconic physicians, and Houston's elite were attended the magical event on October 10th at the River Oaks Country Club. Dr. Kenneth Mattox, Chief of Staff, Ben Taub General Hospital and board member of Harris County Hospital District Foundation was followed by Grammy nominated performer, Tamar Davis. Sidney and Don Faust were presented the 2013 Ben Taub Humanitarian Award which is traditionally awarded to those making significant philanthropic contributions to the medical center and medical services of the poor or indigent.
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|Fires will be made!
|Drinks will be had for sure!
Lots of love from New England!
|Fires will be made!
|Drinks will be had for sure!
My weekend will be just spend prepping for our trip.
Looks like a lot of fun, I'm jealous!
Have fun!!!!
Have a great time on your vacay!
have the best time! relax and enjoy. i hit up the lake a couple of weekends ago and missed my cell service...so unlike me!
Have a lovely time Amanda! Sounds like heaven :)
Enjoy your vacation!!!
Have fun
have such a wonderful time!!
HAVE FUN!!! So jealous! Can't wait to hear all about it. Relax as much as possible :)
AWW so cosy with a fire out in the open:) Back to nature is always the best.
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I hope you have a BLAST and enjoy the break!! PS. I am doing a sponsor thing for August, and totally thought of you and your writing skills...We must talk when you get back ;)
I love how you always have so much going on ;) Hope you had a lovely weekend!!
Sounds like a great vacation!!
That sounds fabulous! I've never been to Maine- can't wait to see some pics and hear the update! Have fun and enjoy!


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Epiretinal Membrane
- What is it?
- Who gets it?
- What are the symptoms?
- How is it treated?
- What does the surgery involve?
- How successful is the surgery?
What is it?
The top image shows a retina with a fine "epiretinal membrane" growing on the surface. As a result, the normal architecture of the retina is distorted, and the resultant vision is likely to be reduced and distorted. The image below that shows a normal appearing retina for comparison.
Epiretinal membrane describes the formation of a fine membrane that grows on the surface of the retina. The retina is analogous to the film in the back of a camera, and normal architecture of the retina is essential for good vision. The problem with an epiretinal membrane (also known as macular pucker or cellophane maculopathy) is that it distorts and contorts this retinal structure so that the vision becomes reduced and distorted. In the majority of individuals with epiretinal membrane, no cause is identified. Occasionally the cause relates to a retinal tear, or previous surgery, ocular inflammatory disease, a retinal vascular disease or previous laser treatment / cryotherapy treatment for an old retinal tear.
Who Gets It?
The majority of patients with epiretinal membrane are aged over 50 years old. As we continue to age, the incidence continues to rise, and it has been estimated that up to 20% of all people aged over 75 years have some degree of epiretinal membrane (though the vast majority will be visually not significant).
What are the Symptoms?
For the majority of patients with an epiretinal membrane, the patient doesn't have any symptoms and for these patients, no surgery is recommended. Surgery should only be considered for those patients that have noticed a visual problem. When patients do have symptoms, the majority describe onset of distortion with blurred vision. Occasionally, objects in the eye that has the epiretinal membrane appear bigger than objects in the other eye (so called macropsia).
How is it Treated?
As mentioned above, for the patients who do not have any significant visual symptoms, no surgery is recommended as surgery will not result in an improvement in their quality of life. Only 10-20% of patients with an early symptom-free epiretinal membrane go on to develop symptoms over a two-year follow-up period. For those that do have symptoms, a choice is usually made between observation only (if the patient is managing reasonably well at present), or surgery (if the epiretinal membrane is having such a significant effect on their vision that it is beginning to effect their vision related quality of life.
What does the surgery involve?
Surgery for epiretinal membrane involves mechanically peeling away the membrane from the surface of the retina. In order to gain access to the membrane, the vitreous part of the eye (the gel that fills the cavity at the back of the eye) is removed (a so-called vitrectomy). The vitrectomy is performed using three "keyhole" incisions in the eye. After removal of the vitreous gel, the epiretinal membrane is peeled off the retina using microforceps. Finally, the peripheral retina is searched for any retinal tears. If retinal tear(s) are found in the periphery (usually in about 5% of cases), they are treated (with laser or cryotherapy), and a gas bubble is placed in the eye. Otherwise, no gas bubble is placed in the eye. The surgery can be done under local anaesthetic (where the patient is awake) or general anaesthetic (where the patient is asleep). The surgery usually takes approximately one hour to perform. If there is a signifcant cataract in the same eye as the epiretinal membrane, this can be removed at the same time.
How successful is the surgery?
For the vast majority of individuals (80 to 90%) undergoing epiretinal membrane removal, they notice an improvement in their symptoms of distortion and improved vision, but it may take up to three to six months for this improvement to be noticed. It is important to remember that up to 5% of epiretinal membranes can recur and come back, sometimes necessitating further surgery (though the majority of recurrent membranes are visually insiginificant).


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Catholic Daughters hold meeting
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Sacred Heart of Jesus Court #1674, held its monthly meeting April 1, in the Sacred Heart meeting room with Regent Mary Jenkins presiding. After the opening prayers, she announced the April birthdays. The Knights of Columbus sold barbecue Sunday, April 5, and the court members assisted by serving the plates.
Bernita Chapman had raffle tickets for the Belaire Cove Crawfish cookoff, which will be held the Sunday after Easter.
Jenkins thanked those who helped with the French Retreat, including Verna Guillory and Celia Ardoin for chairing the event, Benita Chapman for reading and Renella Bernard and Jackie and Andrea LeBas for the refreshments.
Thank you notes were read by Bernita Chapman from the families of Shirley Miller and Shirley Cooper.
The audit will be held April 14. Those assisting with the audit will be Sybil Veillon, Becky LeBas, Bernita Chapman, Renella Bernard and Joy Deshotel.
The court voted to give four masses for a deceased Catholic Daughter and one mass for an immediate family member, such as a husband or child.
The court offices will attend the state convention, which will start May 1. Barbara Delafosse will run for the office of state treasurer.
On June 6, the court will assist Sarah Webb with the reception for the ordination of Brad Guillory as a priest.
The winners of the children's essay, poetry and poster contest will be announced at the May meeting by Barbara Delafosse.
The court will hold its annual salad and bingo fund raiser June 10, at the Northside Civic Center. Tickets will be available in May. A plan of work for the event will be discussed at the May meeting.
The meeting was closed with a prayer for the sick.


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G.G.Motors are Partnership concern formed to run the business of trading in two , Three & Four wheeler Sales, Service and Spares. The partners are Sri.K.G.Athilingam, B.A., and Mr.K.G.Venkatesan D.T.T. (Diploma in textile technology)G.G.Motors, an athorized 3S dealer for Royal Enfield, manufacturers of Bullet Brand motorcycles at Madurai in 2003. With the untiring work, perseverance, sincerity and dedication over the last twenty five years emerged a promising young dynamic entrepreneur of G.G.Motors, Madurai. From a sale of 5 bikes per month to more than 75 bikes a month shows the hard work and the dedication shown towards the Brand. The new entrant to the stable is that GG Motors has been given an LOI to open up a branch in the heart of the city for the ease of RE bke lovers.
The G.G.Motors unique strength are :
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4. Strong belief in Post sale customer delightment
5. A Vision as Customer is God
In the 2010 GG motors have bagged the Best Service Performance Award for the year 2009 – non capital market – all India II rank. Some of the major improvements which has been done at the show room. G.G.Motors always believe in giving different experience to their customers whenever they visit the show room, should it be buying or servicing. With the result an expectation has been developed among the customer's mind that they will see something new and interesting. With this in mind a few improvements/modification/changes made at the show room are :
• An airconditioned sound proof Customer Loungue with complete facilities like, Television, CD player etc. Also the customer can view from the see-through glass about the repair of their bike.
• A Mobile service van – A Maruti Omni Van has been refurnished with a mini mobile lathe inside and a spare parts shelf within and also with complete set of tools.
• Bike pick up and drop facility for Bikers from their residence/work spots.
• On the spot break down service.
• A dedicated spare bike
• Some of the improvement areas inside the show room
• Separate Spare vehicle (Bullet)
• Cleanliness
• Complete branding exercise
• Fit and finish of the entire show room
• New additions are:
• Own a Bullet club in the name of Royal Pandiyas for the Bullet enthuasts
• A complete display for the sale of Riding Kit.
By creating such a customer bondage and continuous improvement in the working environment, there is no wonder why our sales and Service revenue graph is always towards the upper side. Our sincere and special thanks to the loyal staff both in our sales and service for who they have made us reach us this height.
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Southeastern Pennsylvania's climate is temperate. Summers are generally humid, with temperatures in July averaging 83 degrees (F) for a high and 60 degrees for a low. Occasional high temperatures reach the mid-90s with showers and thunderstorms commonly occurring during spring and summer months.
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In the offseason this year I wrote this. It was a column bashing Derek Fisher for his inability to make shots when it mattered anymore. I spent a fictional possession with him. It talked about how he would flop and take bad shots and how he was out of control when he went to the basket and a whole host of other bad things that I felt he did last year.
The column, while exaggerated in some parts, was what I believed. It was true to what I'd seen the couple years before. It was also premature. I thought Fisher was a shell of a basketball player, a corpse. He's proven me wrong. This is my plateful of crow. It doesn't taste that bad.
This year Fisher has been a revelation. He's been a surprise, wrapped in a present, disguised as a gift, portraying a shot maker. He's been fantastic. He's been consistent. He's been a difference maker. He's made me yell at the Reggie Jackson on my television to stop forcing bad shots and get the ball to Fisher. Hell is a cold place now, I guess.
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Fisher's pretty easy to not like if he's not on your team. Sometimes it's easy to not like him even when he is. He flops. He does that laugh really hard when he gets whistled for a foul thing because the notion of him fouling is ridiculous to him. He makes a shot after missing a few and he runs and preens down the court with that no-big-deal face and pretends to get into a serious defensive stance like every guy in pickup that can't guard but just made a shot and everyone's cheering for him so he forgot about that for a second.
He basically lied his way out of Dallas in 2012-2013 and has been pretty unapologetic in his pursuit of another ring, refusing to play for anyone that didn't resemble a contender. Some of the players around the league aren't down with him because of the way he handled everything as the player rep during the lockout.
He's not universally loved is what I'm saying. We're not dealing with Johnny Carson here.
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I tend to think intangibles get blown out of proportion. This fluff that fans are fed about locker room guys and veterans who have been there before and whatever else, it mainly sounds like nonsense or people protesting too much after they signed/gave minutes to a past their prime guy who didn't do anything of value in the game. It's ghost, in the air but you can't see it type stuff that you just sort of have to trust is there, no matter how much the locker room guy might be getting torched on the court. And for too many years here Brooks has fallen in love with giving Fisher way too many minutes.
This year, though, Fisher's done something with his burn.
He's made timely shots that few on the team outside Durant and Westbrook would have had the stones to even think about attempting. He'll take contested threes with guys up in his jersey, that ball catapulted out of his left hand, grazing the scoreboard, looking borderline smooth coming off. He's been reborn this year. A guy who I'm alright with being out there to close games because, defensively speaking, the guy's had a pulse, and he's made timely shot after timely shot.
That Russ/Fish/Butler/Durant/Ibaka lineup that might be closing quite a few games, that's a lineup that can stretch the floor and cause some serious problems for defenses that can't get to shooters. It might not work against certain teams with offensively capable centers, but if matchups dictate that small ball must be played — GSW, LAC, PHO — that's a line that can do damage. And thus far this season, you can make a strong argument that Fisher has earned his place there.
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Scotty's not falling out of love with Fisher anytime soon. He's rode him the whole time leading up to this year with him playing poor basketball so it would stand to reason that the love would only grow stronger now that he's making shots.
He's a legitimate weapon now. One that he hasn't been in some time. Durant and Russ drawing so much attention, Fisher's figured out the joys of hanging out in the corners, waiting for one of them to play out of a double. He's become dependable. This has been his best statistical season since 2009-2010 and it's not really close.
He's shooting 40% from three, good numbers for anyone, but scorching when you consider the ice that was coming off his hand last year — 33%.
His Per 36 numbers look like this:
The field goal percentage leaves something to be desired but Fisher exists to take and make big threes. He's not going to be bothered with someone nitpicking a less than stellar field goal percentage. His job is to make open shots, play solid defense, and (impossible to accurately judge alert) lead.
More than numbers, though, is the mindset that you approach a shot of his with now. Before, I was in the Royce camp. I'd shout "No" when he shot it and keep shouting "No" until it dropped through the net unharmed by the rim. Now, I'm half surprised when his cannonballs don't go in. I expect him to make it. This is new. This is exciting.
And, yes, Father Time is a selfish dick and he's never lost and there's a chance that Fisher'll fade come playoff time, but Fisher knows this is the end for him. Or, at the very least, that it's close to the end. You don't stay in the league for near two decades — 18 years — without having a good deal of pride, and you could talk me and my Thunder blue tinted glasses into thinking his pride won't abide fading.
He's made a career out of making shots that mattered at the biggest moments in the biggest games. Barring injury he'll be playing crucial minutes in whatever big ones fill out the rest of this Thunder schedule and he'll undoubtedly take at least a few shots that have the Thunder collective tight stomached and holding their breath. Last year I'd know for sure they weren't falling. This year he's given us few reasons to think they won't. And like Chuck Taylors or Ray Bans or that jean jacket of yours, he's reached vintage status. That stuff always comes back around.


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In this talk I attempt to present an unprejudiced discussion of our present understanding of neutrino-driven explosions and the requirements for achieving future progress in theoretical work. Neutrinos undoubtedly play a crucial role for the dynamics of stellar core collapse and the evolution of the supernova shock. They clearly dominate the energetics of neutron star formation, as splendidly confirmed by the neutrino detection in connection with Supernova 1987A. Unfortunately, we do not have observational support for the theoretical conception that neutrino energy deposition behind the shock is the ultimate cause for the explosion of ``typical'' supernovae.
Numerical simulations and analytic work, however, demonstrate that neutrino-driven explosions can be obtained for suitable conditions and reasonable combinations of relevant parameters. But the outcome of computer models depends sensitively on changes of the input physics as well as details of the numerical treatment. Discussing the neutrino-driven mechanism is therefore a quantitative problem, and conclusive answers are jeopardized by deficiencies in the numerical description and our still incomplete knowledge of the physical conditions and neutrino interactions in dense matter.
Refering to results from a new generation of core-collapse simulations which solve the Boltzmann equation for the neutrino transport, I will show that quantitatively meaningful models require the inclusion of general relativity and the accurate (but so far grossly approximated) treatment of neutrino reactions below the neutrinosphere. Advancement towards a standard supernova model requires multi-dimensional calculations to account for the effects of hydrodynamic instabilities. The latter cannot only decide about the viability of the neutrino-driven mechanism, but can also account for the anisotropies observed in the majority of ordinary massive star explosions.
Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Sonderforschungsbereich 375 on ``Astroparticle Physics'' of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and grants of computer time on the CRAY T90 and CRAY SV1ex of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing in Jülich.
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text: Pure N2 gas at 1 atm and 25°C is flowing through a 10-m-long, 3-cm-inner diameter pipe made of 2-mm-thick mbber. Determine the rate at which N, leaks out of the pipe if the medium surrounding the pipe is (a) a vaeuum and (b) atmospheric air at 1 atm and 25°C with 21 percent O2 and 79 percent N2. Answers: (a) 2.28 × 10-10 kmol/s, (b) 4.78 × 10–11 kmol/s


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ESPOO, Finland, Nov. 16, 2015 (Press Release) -Valmet has successfully started up new coating technology, featuring multilayer curtain coating, at Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo board machine 3 (BM 3) in Slovenia. Valmet's delivery included a new OptiCoat Layer curtain coater with supply system and a new OptiCoat blade coater.Read more
The Scanstar awards are organised by the Scandinavian Packaging Association (SPA), a body incorporating the national packaging organisations of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.Read more
TetraPak has collected two awards at the 2015 World Beverage Innovation Ceremony held in BrauBevial.
Tetra Pak® E3 was recognised within the Best Manufacturing/Processing Innovation category. The filling machine series uses electron beams instead of hydrogen peroxide to sterilise packaging material. The benefits to customers include lower operational costs, improved environmental performance and increased production flexibility.Read more
LONDON,(Press Release) - McDonald's has achieved a key milestone in its journey to source 100% sustainable packaging in Europe
McDonald's has announced that as of October 2015, all centrally-sourced packaging* that is distributed across its 38 European markets** is chain-of-custody certified, with wood fibre coming from recycled sources or forests certified to one of two globally recognized standards for responsible forest management: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard or a Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) national standard.Read more
ESPOO, Finland, (Press Release) -Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is investing EUR 38 million in an extrusion coating line and related infrastructure at its Husum mill in Sweden. The line with a paperboard extrusion coating capacity of approximately 100,000 t/a will be taken into use at the beginning of 2017.Read more


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the AC plug may be physically different, but the voltage from the wii's powersuppy to the wii is identical
I've purchased an NTSC Wii from USA and I live in the UK, I was wondering if anyone on here has imported a Wii and is using a PAL Wii power supply without the use of a step-down converter and it is working without any problems ie. Blown Up. People on other import forums have said yes but I need resurance that it does work and if anyone has prove that would put my mind at ease.
the AC plug may be physically different, but the voltage from the wii's powersuppy to the wii is identical
So in other words I can use a PAL Power Supply with it and not cause it to blow up? Does anyone have any visual reference?
dont atempt to plug it in cause it will blow up cause i have a ntsc console in the uk and bought a converter i think i paid 30 pounds better 30 pounds than 180 (or more) think of it that way
You can use a UK power supply with a US Wii without any problem all regions run the same 12V input.
thats not what i was told and my wii came with a us plug 2 pins
The US and JPN power supplies run on 120V AC 60HZ and the EU runs on 220V AC 50HZ but they all output 12V DC to the Wii.
So you can use a UK power supply with a US or JPN machine. But if you use the US or JPN supply in the UK you need a stepdown transformer rated above 45W. Or you will get a big bang
I actually use a stepdown as I had one lying around and I don't have a UK Wii.
I believe that you can buy official power supplies from Nintendo for about £20


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A very pregnant Jessica Alba, cheering from the audience at Bette Midler's Las Vegas revue "The Showgirl Must Go On" at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. While other celebs in the audience (Helen Hunt and Gladys Knight) headed backstage after the show, Alba took off right afterward, a source says.
Kate Bosworth, sharing a terrace table with her 21 costar Jim Sturgess at Nove Italiano at the Palms in Las Vegas. And the duo wasn't alone: They were joined by 17 others, including fellow castmates, as they talked, sipped on wine and enjoyed a shot of tequila before heading upstairs to play Blackjack at the Playboy Club.
Paris Hilton, sipping champagne at Villa in West Hollywood while out with sister Nicky, Jeffrey Katzenbergand, of course, Benji Madden. Madden and Hilton were super affectionate, kissing and touching all night. And while Nicky was close by, Paris didn't talk much to her sister, preferring instead to whisper in her boyfriend's ear.
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1. The jobless rate in Oswego County jumped to 10.9 percent in January from the year before, representing the highest unemployment figure in Central New York and one of the highest in the state. If all 31,500 unemployed people in Onondaga, Madison, Oswego and Cayuga counties stood six feet apart in a straight line, they would reach from Syracuse to approximately:
a) Rome.
b) Utica.
c) Albany
d) Boston.
2. Which of the following is not among the most promising job opportunities in Central New York today:
a) Office manager
b) Registered nurse
c) Delivery truck driver
d) AIG branch manager
e) Auto mechanic
3. This year's 27th annual St. Patrick's Parade was dubbed one of the top three ever by Parade President Janet Higgins. Why?
a) Skies were blue and temperatures were mild.
b) An enthusiastic crowd of spectators was on hand.
c) Matt Bugaj of DeWitt and Gabrielle Mineau of Syracuse were married by City Judge Steven Dougherty in the middle of Salina Street, then led the parade in a horse-drawn carriage.
d) There were only nine arrests for underage drinking, two for DWI and one for
disorderly conduct.
e) All of the above.
4. Why is the water in Oneida Lake getting clearer?
a) In the current economy, boaters can't afford fuel to go out and pollute the lake.
b) Invasive zebra mussels and Quagga mussels are filtering out micro-organisms.
c) There have been fewer heavy showers washing sediment into the lake.
d) Pollution controls have reduced the amount of sewage running into the lake in recent years.
5. Why is Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick promoting videotaped confessions for suspects in homicide and other serious felony cases?
a) In case researchers for "Law and Order: CSI" and reality TV shows stop by looking for material for future shows.
b) To standardize a practice that has been shown to reduce the number of false confessions and increase the reliability of confessions as evidence.
c) To provide defense attorneys with more opportunities to criticize police interrogation tactics.
6. What possibilities are Frank Malfitano, founder and executive director of the Syracuse Jazz Fest, exploring to fill an $80,000 shortfall in the budget for this year's edition?
a) Find sponsors for individual tents around performance areas, ranging in price from
$20,000 to $60,000.
b) Look for support from local corporations after JGB Enterprises ended its one-year commitment as the title sponsor.
c) Pressing Onondaga County to increase its budgeted contribution of $70,980, already double the amount of its support in 2008.
d) Appealing to AIG executives to cough up some of their bonus money in exchange for the right to rename the free music festival the "Syracuse Jazz AIG Bonus Bonanza."
1. a.
2. d.
3. e.
4. b and c. Sewage controls were instituted back in the 1970s.
5. b.
6. a and b.
7. Photo caption: Well, maybe. Whether this youngster brought into a Liverpool fire station by his mother Wednesday was making a statement about the economic effect of million-dollar AIG bonuses was not immediately clear. The lad did protest briefly when firefighters cut away the seat. But a personal tour of the shiny fire trucks made everything better.


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|Written by Christin Miller on Monday, January 03, 2011
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Owing to a technical fault, I have only just got back online. Yes, from Sunday to this morning I had no Internet access.
No email, no Twitter, no Skype. No BBC news website, no science news updates. No iPlayer to download programmes I then forget, or don't have time, to watch. No instant fact-check or query-satisfaction or just another look at the inbox.
I couldn't even find out whether my niece's hamster, boarded out while the family go on a proper holiday, can be safely left alone with a piece of cucumber, or should be restricted to carrot and cauliflower.
I exaggerate somewhat, because on Tuesday morning — Monday was a Bank Holiday here — a friend went back to work with a list of things to check. Of course, a good person shouldn't be using work time to look up hamster diets. Then again, in my book a good person shouldn't be using weekends, evenings, and national holidays for work, yet I've never heard the friend's employers complaining. So they can put up with a little extramural research. (With such small steps is the path to corruption taken, but until my friend's employers stop expecting apparently endless working hours, I'll stay corrupt.)
I work at home. And my telecoms providers take their bank holidays seriously, so they couldn't possibly do anything about the problem for almost a whole working week. Or so they said. They sent me an email. I know this because the friend checked — another thing you're not supposed to do. The email told me that they were investigating the problem. That'd be the same problem which stopped me checking email … at least, officially.
To be fair, they sent a "We know you've got a problem" text on Sunday. Then an engineer turned up, completely unannounced, this morning, just as I was about to brave the local library in a desperate hunt for internet facilities. Hey ho. They did fix the problem.
There's been one glorious upside to all this. I'm doing background research for a new book, and it hasn't taken long to discover that the literature I ought to know about is catastrophically massive. Every week far more new articles come out than I can possibly read, and I'd already built up a to-do list of over 500 which I really ought to do something about. There's no way this is going to happen, but at least this week I've started catching up on some of the backlog: ruthless weeding's got it down to around 460.
People who don't run internet providers or telecoms companies often say cutting down on internet use makes you more productive, happier — all the things you're supposed to be when you're not consuming news, being bullied by capitalism, chasing links across the web, and being distracted by cybertrivia. In four days, I can only hint at increased productivity, but maybe I should look into voluntarily restricting my internet access. Anyone know a good freeware programme that does this?
Meanwhile, once this blog post's up, I'm disconnecting once again. Honest.
So, enormous heap of biochemistry papers, it's just you and me now.
A link, a link, my kingdom for a link …
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BG Medicine and Applied Biosystems entered into a collaboration agreement in which they will work together to enhance biomarker discovery and development.
Under the terms of the agreement, BG Medicine will integrate life science technology from Applied Biosystems into its proteomic and metabolomic systems pharmacology workflows and begin to explore applications for Applied Biosystems' genomic tools. The technology will be employed in several programs at BG Medicine over the next two years.
As part of this collaboration, Applied Biosystems is expected to be able to evaluate how its technology fits into emerging high-throughput platforms and how it supports the evolving requirements of customers in this field.
"With the rapid emergence of molecular medicine and biomarker-guided drug development initiatives, there is an explosive demand for biomarker discovery and validation research as well as the platforms that will deliver these biomarkers to the market," said Pieter Muntendam, M.D., president and CEO of BG Medicine. "This broad collaboration with Applied Biosystems should allow us to jointly make important contributions to this new medical and drug development research."
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The State Ports Authority is going to great lengths to prepare for the bigger ships that are plying local waters.
Aside from its efforts to deepen Charleston Harbor to 50 feet, the maritime agency's board this month approved $789,522 to modify plans for the design and construction of two new cranes to make them taller.
Last year, the board approved $24.9 million for the two new so-called Post-Panamax cranes, which are being made by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries in Asia and are to be delivered in the summer of 2015. The new cranes will be 25 feet taller than initial plans, making them 392.5 feet tall when its boom is up, port officials said.
Post-Panamax refers to vessels that are too long or wide to navigate the Panama Canal before its widened in a couple of years.
Originally approved for the SPA's North Charleston Terminal, the retooled cranes will be dispatched to Mount Pleasant instead to accommodate the larger container ships that call routinely at the Wando Welch Terminal.
"The ships are getting bigger and taller, and that affects everything in our port," said Jim Newsome, SPA president and CEO.
Three of the existing cranes at Wando Welch will be shipped to the North Charleston Terminal.
Right turn
Herbert L. Drayton III of Charleston noticed his front office employees were answering several phone calls each week from lost clients trying to find the Carolina Center for Occupational Health in North Charleston where he is vice president and health services administrator.
He thought it was chewing up time that employees could use for other tasks.
So, he created a software application called Stonzthrow. It helps businesses deliver directions to lost clients' smartphones in two steps.
The app works by sending a text link to the customer's cell phone number. Businesses that routinely have to provide directions to customers can use the application by entering a cellphone number on the user interface and clicking send. The customer clicks the link and opens turn-by-turn directions straight to the business' door.
The product was initially tested over two days by a local physician's office where 19 calls were fielded for directions, ultimately benefitting from the new app.
"We were surprised at the initial response," Drayton said. "It's proven valuable in providing customers a simple solution to a frustrating situation while also saving staff time to devote to other tasks."
The app can be found at www.StonzThrow.com and costs $10 per month for up to 500 "stonz" or uses.
Burning idea
A Mount Pleasant real estate agent and a couple of business partners have a burning idea they think will become profitable.
Marshall Deutsch, who works for The AgentOwned Realty Co., and two others, whom he asked not be identified, formed Geechee Energy LLC in 2010 and want to build a $70 million wood pellet mill in Georgia.
Pending financing, the Ogeechee River Pellet Mill will break ground later this year near Millen, Ga., and start producing 360,0000 metric tons of wood pellets each year by early 2016, Deutsch said. Millen is about 70 miles northwest of Savannah.
The massive plant would employ 50 people and encompass about 25 acres on a 75- to 100-acre tract off U.S. Highway 25. The rest of the land will be used for storage of raw materials and other uses.
The plant will use mill shavings, forest residue from land clearing and other operations and pulpwood as feedstock. It is working on details with feedstock providers, Deutsch said.
Most of the product will be sold on the European market, but domestic areas along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains are also a target because of the colder climate and need by some for auxiliary heating sources.
Geechee Energy chose the Georgia site because of the availability of raw materials and its proximity to the Port of Savannah, Deutsch said.
Coast to coast
The Florida-based company that designed Boeing South Carolina's 1.2-million-square-foot final assembly plant in North Charleston will also design the aerospace giant's 1 million square feet of facilities for the new 777X twin-engine passenger jet in Everett, Wash.
BRPH, an international architecture, engineering design and construction services firm with a regional office in Charles- ton, has been selected by the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer to design the facilities over the next five years, says BRPH spokeswoman Kimberly Eye. The program will be managed out of BRPH's Renton, Wash., office with minimal support from the Charleston office, she said.
Initial plans will focus on the design of a composite-wing fabrication facility and related supporting infrastructure.
Boeing decided to build the 777X in Everett after the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in the Pacific Northwest voted in January for huge contract concessions, including elimination of a long-fought-for pension program that will be replaced.


text: I am a PhD candidate at the University of Missouri-Columbia and I am looking for papers as well as a commentator and session chair for a panel for SHEAR 2013 in St. Louis that will deal with Trans-Atlantic trade during the Era of the Early Republic and the role played by U.S. waterways. More specifically, the panel will be looking at ways in which rivers linked merchants, farmers and products in the West to markets in the East and Europe. My paper will examine shipbuilding on western waters during the Era of the Early Republic and how the construction of ocean-going vessels in the Ohio Valley along the Ohio River is both an indicator of the vital role that the area played in Trans-Atlantic trade and its dependence on markets in the East and Europe during this period. The topic and description of this panel is merely a rough draft and I am more than willing to alter it in order to accommodate other papers dealing with Trans-Atlantic trade, the Atlantic World or maritime history.The deadline for proposals is Dec. 1, 2012.


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For a change, he ended up stealing the spotlight.
Fairfax penetrated into the lane and hit a layup with 3.8 seconds left Wednesday night to lead the Panthers, ranked No. 11 in NAIA Division II, to a thrilling 45-43 victory against Aquinas College at Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center.
He then prevented Aquinas' Jamell Hatchett from launching a 35-foot shot attempt at the buzzer.
"I thought coach was calling timeout at first," Fairfax said of the non-stop action at both ends of the court in the final 23 seconds of regulation. "He motioned to me to come over to him and he just told me to attack.
"I think they thought we were calling timeout, too. The lane just opened up. The layup was just there."
Davenport (25-4) added to its school-record win total for the men's program and stretched its winning streak to seven games.
It will host third-ranked Cornerstone, which clinched the outright Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference regular-season title Wednesday night, in the season finale 3 p.m. Saturday at DU Student Center.
It marked the first win ever for the Panthers on Aquinas' home court and clinched the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.
"I have no idea what just happened. The last (few) minutes were a blur," Paddock said. "I told our guys before the game this would be like playing in a national tournament game. Their kids played so hard."
Davenport opened up a 26-16 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Aquinas held the Panthers, who prevailed 78-62 in their first conference matchup Jan. 15, to just five field goals and 19 points. DU entered the rematch averaging 79 points per game.
"It came down to two big plays," Aquinas coach Dave Hammer said. "They found a way to win.
"They've got the quickest guard in the league with the ball in his hand," he said of Fairfax. "He made a play, we didn't stop it. I like our effort, though. We got ourselves back in it. The last five games, we've been playing a whole lot better."
The Saints must win and UM-Dearborn must lose Saturday for Aquinas to reach the WHAC tournament.
The Panthers, who had a total of 13 field goals in the contest, were led by Cox's 13 points. He finished 1-for-6 from the field, but connected on 11-of-12 free-throw attempts. Nelson and Zach Yeagy added eight points apiece.
Fairfax, a junior from Livonia, had seven points, four rebounds, three assists, one blocked shot, one steal and no turnovers.
Hatchett (East Kentwood) led the Saints with a game-high 14 points and three steals.