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1) According to US News and World Report, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is best. A large number of major schools have bachelors and/or masters programs so your options are great. If you want to narrow it down to a geographic area or a handful of schools, you can then go to US News to see how they stack up academically.
2) It's not easy and you might find it's not what you want to do and that is okay! You should do something you enjoy because you've got a lot of years to go after college. If you really enjoy it and are struggling, just keep going and work hard. You will struggle at times and there are definitely learning curves that you have to climb but eventually it'll click and get easier.
3) They might not be. A lot of countries are going in to decommissioning and nuclear engineers are used primarily in reactor design so aren't needed in decommissioning. You can still be in the nuclear industry with a chemical or mechanical (or any) engineering degree. I suggest chemical because you can do a focus in reactor/nuclear science and criticality, while having a broader range of prospects in a nuclear or non-nuclear future.
4) Countries with growing nuclear programs like China, India and the United Kingdom.
5) No, but you may find that the school you want to attend only offers a masters program and requires a chemical or mechanical bachelors.
My advice would be to go for chemical engineering (although to be up front and honest, I am a chemical engineer). Nuclear engineering is a very specialized field and does not cover the whole spectrum of a nuclear site; it focuses on the reactor. A chemical engineering bachelor's degree opens doors to almost all areas within a nuclear site, both the reactor and the secondary side that includes radioactive waste, environmental, etc. In addition, a chemical engineering bachelor's still leaves the option for courses or a master's degree in nuclear engineering.
Don't be scared off by having difficulty with dual credit chemistry! Chemistry takes time to understand. If you struggled in dual credit chemistry, sign up for general chemistry in your first year at university. You will probably have an easier time of it and will get a better understanding that will make all your future classes easier to understand.
For job opportunities, chemical engineering is always a highly sought after degree for employers. Industrial engineers face a lot of competition from mechanical engineers, who are arguably better qualified depending on the particular position. Nuclear engineering, because it is so specialized, has limited job opportunities but would likely pay more than chemical, mechanical or industrial. There are a number of unknowns for the future of the nuclear industry, especially in the US where several sites (SONGS and Kewaunee) have announced permanent shutdowns. When you combine those unknowns with the versatility of a chemical engineering degree and the different opportunities I have been offered, I think that chemical engineering is the best choice.
You can definitely have a great family life while being an engineer. You're young now and there is plenty of time to change your mind about which specific field to go in to; for now focus on taking math and science courses that you enjoy. I took calculus, physics and two years of chemistry when I was in high school.
When you apply to college, be sure to identify which major you want; there may be opportunities for extra scholarships for being a female in engineering. College will take about 4 years, maybe a little longer if you do a job experience (I worked in a paper mill!). As you get close to finishing your bachelor's degree, you might decide to go get a master's degree or even a PhD.
When you get into the engineering world, you should have a few options of which company to go to. Try to find a company that matches your ideals and respects their employees' dedication to a work-life balance. Work to live, don't live to work!
Good luck!!!
I love that this question is from a Southern girl, like me!
Every engineer encounters diversity in the workplace and its a good thing if you can embrace it. Engineers come from all over the world and each one has been trained managed a little bit differently. I was an engineer in the US for 5 years before coming to England and Ive since had to learn the different ways people interact and how tasks are managed.
The most important things Ive learned are to tread lightly and be confident.
Tread lightly Whenever meeting someone new, whether one co-worker or a new group, remember that they havent been trained and managed the same way you have. The way you are trained and managed has shaped how you behave and who you are. The same goes for others. People will get defensive if you are overbearing and behave as though its my way or the highway. Take time to listen to others and work with them to achieve the goal youve been assigned. Learn something new every day, sometimes you will learn something just by watching how others interact.
Be confident When you are done with engineering school you get a lovely degree from your university that is tangible evidence that you know a lot. Always always always remember that there is even more that you dont know! You cant know everything, and if you could youd have to spend a lot of time learning it and thered be no time left for having fun! Be comfortable answering questions about things you know, it builds credibility and lets others know that you are a resource to be utilized. I have found it is even more important to be comfortable acknowledging what you dont know. Any credibility you have gets washed away if you get caught pretending to know about something you dont.
Example: Yesterday I was being asked about a piece of equipment I have worked with for several years. I answered questions all day about its operations, what would happen if certain scenarios arose, etc and I answered each one that came up. Then they asked me if a certain item was hard-wired or software. I always get nervous when asked about electrical stuff, Ive never really understood it or even been very interested in it and Im afraid people will think Im not as good an engineer. I smiled, put my hands up and told them I was guilty of not being good with electronics and having limited knowledge of the details of control systems. But what has happened almost every time before happened again: They said, Thats fine. Would you find out for us? I happily obliged. The important part is that you provide a correct answer, not an immediate answer.
I hope this helps!
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We believe the decision of Faribault County commissioners to raise transit fees for out-of-county bus trips is right on the money. Literally.
Commissioners this week upped the cost of an out-of-county trip from $6 to $12. Out-of-county trips can be longer in terms of miles and time, with drivers sometimes opting to wait for passengers rather than drive back to Faribault County.
We understand that the county wants to provide a service, but it also has to keep in mind the expense and try to be fair to taxpayers.
Let them match low bids
Martin County this week had to retract a bid award to an area contractor because it was not the low bid for the job. Another contractor, from Hamel, had put in a bid $900 lower. State law says counties must accept the lowest responsible bids for public projects.
While state law is sensible in that it protects taxpayers and prohibits favoritism, it also errs in ignoring taxpayers' desire to see their dollars go to local companies. We think the law could be altered, to allow local companies to match low bids, if they so choose.
Clock appears shoddy
There's nothing particularly critical about the public clock on Downtown Plaza in Fairmont being able to function properly. Although it does make the town appear a little shoddy, or lazy, or something.
City leaders this week declined to contribute to help get the clock fixed. We applaud them. They are exactly right when they say citizens can raise the $5,000 in needed funds. It's a small job and if private funds cannot be found for it, we doubt they could be found for anything.
Donations can be dropped off at City Hall. Or call (507) 235-9461 for more information.
Time to be neighborly
Faribault County commissioners this week approved a conditional use permit for a shooting range near Easton, over the objections of neighbors.
We have to agree with the county that the outdoor recreational and educational facility serves a purpose, is well-used and enjoys property rights, which means the owners can use the site as they see fit.
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Retiree health benefits are one of the biggest, and most contentious, bargaining chips used to negotiate solutions to severe and chronic underfunding of state and local worker pensions. Barron's reported that the Illinois state legislature passed a bill to prop up two of Chicago's underfunded municipal pension systems. The solution for now— raising employee contributions and cutting cost-of-living adjustments—stopped short of raising property taxes. Neither plan is currently anywhere near the goal of 90% funding by 2055.
Chicago is also trying to use the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare as it is popularly and often pejoratively known, to force the federal government fill gaps in health-care coverage for early retirees. Last October Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a three-year phaseout of city-subsidized health insurance for most retired city workers. There is a court challenge but, if the phaseout is enacted, some retirees will be looking for coverage under the ACA by 2017.
The fifth and latest edition of the classic textbook, Taxes and Business Strategy, A Planning Approach, includes a great tax-oriented discussion on the best way to fund post-employment retiree health care benefits. (It also includes a compact primer on the tax issues surrounding the 2005-2007 stock option backdating controversy, covered in an earlier post.)
Merle Erickson, a professor of accounting at Chicago Booth, joins Myron Scholes, Professor of Finance Emeritus at Stanford University, Nobel Prize winner, Chicago PhD and former professor of finance at Booth from 1974 to 1983, and four more distinguished authors in a book that provides business professionals of all kinds with a general framework for thinking about tax issues at the corporate and individual level.
Bankrupt Detroit has $18 billion in debt and future obligations that will likely mean 22,000 city retirees and 8,500 current employees will share bondholders' pain and accept cuts in pensions and health coverage. Barron's, again, reported in March that retirees "will be pushed onto Medicare or, in the case of police and fire, onto the Affordable Care Act exchanges, with only modest monthly stipends from the city to partially finance their coverage."
On April 11 the deeply divided US House approved a fiscal 2015 budget drafted by Wisconsin Republican Representative Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman. The budget proposes to scale back health insurance coverage and subsidies available as part of ACA. The proposal received a "no" vote from every Democrat member.
Retiree health benefits were first offered, Erickson and his fellow authors say, in the 1940s. Union collective bargaining agreements, a booming post-war economy, and manageable costs based on small percentage of retirees to total employees drove companies to offer benefits they thought then would never have to end. When Medicare was enacted in 1965, the employer's cost was substantially lowered. Since profits seemed perpetual, most employers were comfortable funding benefits on a "pay-as-you-go" basis.
What's changed? The workforce has aged, retirees are living longer, and many companies have been cutting their workforce constantly. That means the ratio of retirees to active workers has grown. Add ballooning healthcare costs to the mix and the thought of providing retiree health benefits now seems untenable for many public and private employers.
Changes in accounting rules in 1990 provided an additional disincentive for companies to generously fund retiree health care. Companies were required to estimate the present value of unfunded retiree health benefits and recognize that total liability and an expense for each year of each employee's working life. As a result, large liabilities appeared on balance sheets and profits dropped. That encouraged many companies to reevaluate earlier commitments. Some have severely modified or dropped retiree health care plans because negative earnings and weakened balance sheet metrics also affect share prices and, therefore, incentive compensation.
What is the best way for employers to fund retiree health benefits? Few companies and even fewer government entities will now commit to funding the benefits in advance. Advance funding of retiree health benefits has few tax benefits. Advance funding of pensions has more, but companies and governments have been caught way short there as well.
The pay-as-you-go approach is a tough sell when health care costs have been increasing at an unpredictable pace. A bankruptcy or leveraged buyout can expose employees to substantial risk of default on unfunded obligations. In 1999 only 20% of Fortune 500 companies surveyed by Watson Wyatt Consulting prefunded their retiree health benefits. A recent report for the California Pension and Retirement System (CalPERS) said the $64 billion debt or "unfunded liability" for its state worker retiree health care exceeds the $57 billion unfunded liability for state and local pensions.
One of the few alternatives anyone has is to force retirees to pay for their own health benefits or for more of them. Sweetening their pension benefit to compensate for the loss would be nice, but that is not proposed as often as simple cuts. The US resists a single-payer health care system and instead settled for an imperfect health care insurance system under ACA. As a result, employers and taxpayers will stay in the middle, footing the bill and constantly foraging for new solutions to a problem that is growing and not going away.


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Skip to comments.Viewpoints: For starters, Justice Scalia, broccoli isn't health insurance
Posted on 03/31/2012 6:12:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Nobody knows what the Supreme Court will decide with regard to the Affordable Care Act. But, after this week's hearings, it seems quite possible that the court will strike down the "mandate" the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance and maybe the whole law.
Let's start with the already famous exchange in which Justice Antonin Scalia compared the purchase of health insurance to the purchase of broccoli, with the implication that if the government can compel you to do the former, it can also compel you to do the latter. That comparison horrified health care experts all across America because health insurance is nothing like broccoli.
Why? When people choose not to buy broccoli, they don't make broccoli unavailable to those who want it. But when people don't buy health insurance until they get sick which is what happens in the absence of a mandate the resulting worsening of the risk pool makes insurance more expensive, and often unaffordable, for those who remain. As a result, unregulated health insurance basically doesn't work, and never has.
As I said, we don't know how this will go. But it's hard not to feel a sense of foreboding and to worry that the nation's already badly damaged faith in the Supreme Court's ability to stand above politics is about to take another severe hit.
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The "politics" of Obamacare is that no Republican voted for it. Krugman and other Statists demand that SCOTUS "stand above politics" now, but were cheering when Pelosi-Reid-Obama crammed this down America's throat.
C'mon, Paul, you hack. Did you even bother to talk to one?
"But it's hard not to feel a sense of foreboding and to worry that the nation's already badly damaged faith in the Supreme Court's ability to stand above politics is about to take another severe hit."
Standing above politics, in Krugman's pea brain, means also standing above the Constitution.
Liberal judges actually coaching the stumbling and bumbling Obamacare lawyer = Just fine.
Conservative judges using analogies and hypotheticals = a travesty of justice.
Liberal Hypocrisy.
Viewpoints: For starters, Justice Scalia, broccoli isn't health insurance
Generally when I read lamea$$ ignorant arguments like this, I suggest that the idiot forwarding them is purposely missing the point he or she is contending with; however, given the complete sociopathic and intellectual incapacity of this Krugman creature, it is best to simply ignore it and write it off as the pointless ranting of a self-aggrandizing socialist a$$ clown.
You are right. Health insurance isn't broccoli...AND THAT WAS HIS ENTIRE POINT.
Sheez. The idea is that if the government can force you to buy aone product because you need ot for your health and for regulatory purposes, then they can force you to buy other products for the same reasons.
Broccoli is "good for you" if the new "Health Care mafia" decided brocoli was "good for you" and needed to be regulated, they could force you to buy ot for those purposes too...or any other item that could possibly be fit into those broad categories.
Comversly, if they can force you to buy something for these reasons, they would also inherit the power to ban products for the same reason and tell you what NOT to buy.
Total government...read totalitarian government...at its finest.
if horseysh!t can be described as "pure", this would qualify.
one wonders how the human race survived for the millennia preceding Barack Hussein Obamas complete forgettable, regrettable existence.
shoulda stayed in Kenya, bwana.
And health insurance isn't health care.
And a rat isn't a pig isn't a dog isn't a boy.
And the Constitution doesn't live, or breathe.
And we all aren't Trayvon Martin.
His chief medical informant is his proctologist ~ checks in with him every week to see if there's some new treatment they can use to extract his head!
Exactly! Which is why we must force young, healthy people to buy insurance they won't use.
So now that they're paying into Social Security that they'll never collect and health insurance they don't want and won't use, maybe they'll get a clue and vote against Obama this time?
What an idiotic statement. The supply of broccoli is just as unlimited as the supply of insurance policies. The purchase of a broccoli spear does not make broccoli "unavailable" to any subsequent broccoli seeker.
But when people don't buy health insurance until they get sick which is what happens in the absence of a mandate...
Actually the people who don't buy health insurance, and get sick, generally speaking don't buy health insurance even after they get sick, certainly not because they got sick-this is because health CARE, which they receive, is not health INSURANCE.
The analogy fails because lefties cannot grasp that health care is not health insurance.
The saddest thing about this article is that Paul Krugman actually thinks that his opinion still matters anywhere.
Supreme Court Justices: Are Justices, Senators, and Representatives required to sign-up for ObamaCare, or do they get special treatment and so they are exempt?
My thoughts:
I believe that ObamaCare is one big mess.
Still, I wish we could do something so that we average people can be covered by some type of health insurance that was affordable and inexpensive.
For instance, average income people could purchase $10,000 to $20,000 coverage, and then the government would kick in with catastrophic coverage once the medical bills were more than $20,000.
$20,000 coverage would take care of routine visits to the doctor and a few emergency room visits per year.
Serious tests and sicknesses---like cancer and heart problems---would be covered by government catastrophic insurance.
People with no income, such as homeless people: We should try to come up with a special program where they can get basic care until they can get back on their feet and pay for some of the coverage.
We have got to do something to help the less fortunate to get health coverage, but sad to say, ObamaCare is not the answer, because its 2,000 plus pages are nothing but pages of confusion after confusion.
The point is simple, if Health Insurance becomes a required purchase because Constitutional precepts allow for it, then wouldn't the same logic hold up in any other case for ANYTHING the gov't mandated the public buy?
This would mean the gov't has complete control over our lives when the Constitution was written to ensure the PEOPLE had complete control over the gov't!
The whole point Scalia was making is Broccoli is healthy, therefore would the gov't then have a Constitutional basis to force people to buy it and eat it because it would prevent certain diseases?
A straw man is a component of an argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.[1] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by replacing it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.[1][2]
Another a$$hat that doesn't know that unlimited power leads to unlimited abuse. If the Commerce Clause has no limits, the government can indeed force you to eat brocolli, buy a Chevy Volt, dictate how much alcohol you can drink, what size house you can buy, etc.
I really don't care what they decide, I REFUSE to obey. I will not fund abortions.
For starters, Krugman, that doesn't make a damn bit of difference. The government can't force a citizen to enter a marketplace to purchase a produce he or she does not want. Period.
last I checked, food has a larger daily impact on a persons health then a band-aid
I'm still waiting for the commies to start pushing food as a 'basic right' and force all restaurants to stop charging. I guess it'd be too obvious that their commie beliefs are unsustainable
I guess a related question is, why would anyone spend the money for Princeton tuition if Krugman exemplifies the poor quality of faculty there?
...and health insurance ain't in the Constitution.
Then why did mom tell me I'd be healthier if I ate all my broccoli?
I don't necessarily agree with your conclusions, but you did bring up an interesting problem: is health care, or health insurance, too expensive for the average American? I don't know, but it would be interesting to see how much it cost if current insurance policies were restricted to catastrophic cases and most people paid out of pocket for lesser problems. The fly in the ointment is that nowhere in the constitution does it state that the government must provide any of the necessities. Health care is of great importance, but not any more important than food, clothing, and shelter. If the government can force a person to buy health insurance, they can pretty much force them to buy anything it thinks necessary.
Hey Paul!
You have NEVER "stood above politics", because you have no values to defend.
Broccoli is simply a metaphor to make the point that if this Federal mandate stands, then the government can impose ANYTHING.
An insurance card is not the same as "healthcare".
In fact Obamacare is a mechanism to LIMIT ACCESS TO TESTING AND TREATMENT.
For starters, Mr. Krugman, light bulbs are not health insurance either, but our government dictated which ones we could buy.
For starters, Mr. Krugman, light bulbs are not health insurance either, but our government dictated which ones we could buy.
Actually, if a lot of people decide not to buy broccoli then fewer farmers will plant it, importers will import it off season and fewer stores will stock it. By not buying it, I might make it more expensive for others to buy and thus price other buyers out of the market depending on how elastic the supply is and what quantity efficiencies are no longer available. For example, compare the price and availability of iceberg lettuce vs. arugula.
Also, Krugman, the real point is that neither broccoli nor health insurance is a power given to Congress in article I, section 8 of the Constitution no matter how important you think one or the other is.
"When people choose not to buy broccoli, they don't make broccoli unavailable to those who want it."
Actually, they do. If demand is so inconsequential for broccoli, the grocer will stop carrying it.
The 24 million uninsured are not demanding insurance, despite insurance companies efforts to attract their business. The 24 million uninsured are demanding care that the rest of us pay for.
The left's mania for "insurance" is the belief that NOTHING can be done equitably or efficiently that isn't done collectively according to some overall Plan.
Krugman figured out that broccoli isn't health insurance? You need to read his whole statement.
"Broccoli isn't health insurance.....it's car insurance, and I have a celery deductible. Who wants to see my impression of toast?"
Health Insurance as exists today is not insurance at all. It is a prepayment plan for medical treatment and a welfare plan to maintain government and private organizations and
parasites superfluous employees.
It just occurred to me that Alinsky's rules are being used not be a few but by the majority on the left. First government, hand-picked scholars, and pundits ridicule the target then the msm perpetuates it non-stop.
Ridicule is mans most potent weapon. - Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals
It's past time for us to start fighting back. We need to research everyone who is using ridicule to shut out their enemy. Then we need to humble them publicly as they've done to so many others.
Start with Paul Krugman. Does his expertise on the economy extend to law? Does he even understand the question before the Court, that it's not about the economy but our basic liberty? Yes, he and the others know but they're trying to latch onto the broccoli piece to (1) ridicule Scalia and (2) turn Obamacare into an economic argument. They can't win on the freedom argument and they know it.
I am so sick of this but people will never get it if we just generalize about Alinsky's rules, we need to fight fire with fire.
Yes and having a gun at home where there are children risks lives and is a public health concern.
Therefore, guns need to be controlled as a health concern. (This actually was proposed by the Leftist AMA)
There is no end to this ................
I thought Breyer said yes, it meant government could compel citizens to buy anything it deemed necessary for the greater good?
Food is no different than medicine because food changes your body. Broccoli and beef and chicken and wine and twinkies all change your body chemistry. Therefore, you could make the case that food is no different than pharmaceuticals.
Take the pill? Eat your broccoli? What's the difference? Not much. The government could very well declare Twinkies as dangerous as a cigarette. And demand that we pre-approve our grocery lists. Although for some reason they are trying to legalize marijuana. So it's all very confusing.
And anything applies to things outside of health care. I have an 11 year old Ford Focus. I love my car. It runs really well and still gets decent gas mileage. I want to drive it till it dies and I plan to replace it with a newer...Ford Focus. I'd love to have a Fiesta diesel but they aren't available in the states (96 mpg on the highway!)
At some point my car could be forced of the road because it doesn't meet "today's" standards. After some byzantine formula looking at my income, housing, quotas, and all sorts of other stuff, the usual way to figure benefits, I might get the choice of a Chevy Volt and the bus.
It seems a little tin foil hat, but I never imagined a world where I couldn't decide whether I could pay out of pocket or had to use insurance to get a service. The car insurance argument is moot, since many small accidents are settled out of pocket to keep the insurance companies out of it.
Who gets to decide, if it's not the same?... Obama?
Rick Santorum? (just for any liberals reading) Sarah Palin?
Better idea, is don't go there.
At all. Ever. For anything.
Correct. But IMO the statement really misses a crucially important point:
If somebody doesn't eat broccoli and other green vegetables, then his HEALTH (not necessarily his health insurance) is likely to suffer. And when anybody's health suffers, the marginal effect is to make health costs go up for everybody.
So to keep health costs low, the "progressive" mindset presumably holds that the federal government has a rational basis to require that everybody engage in the specific type of interstate commerce which deals with green vegetables.
In other words, the controversy keeps boiling down to the question,
Does the federal government have the power to force people to engage in a specific kind of interstate commerce (buying green vegetables) in order to "regulate" another kind of interstate commerce (health services and/or health insurance).
To paraphrase an infamous former POTUS:
It all depends on what the meaning of "regulate" is.
In other words, is it really "regulation" of one sort of interstate commerce (health services) when the feds require somebody de novo to engage in another sort of interstate commerce (health insurance and/or vegetables). Of course not!
Scalia used broccoli as an example so that even the stupidist people in this country could grasp the idea. Evidently he was wrong in that regard.....
I thought Krugman was an economist. So, now he's a constitutional scholar, too. So much idiocy crammed into one tiny brain.
I noticed you didn't sign in at the YMCA yesterday. Are you OK?
"The purchase of a broccoli spear..."
Aha, see? That's the problem right there. Broccoli comes in florets, asparagus in spears. I suggest a two-week stay in Camp Analogy where they will help you rectify this confusion. Don't worry...analogy rehab will be covered under 0bamacare.
"So to keep health costs low, the "progressive" mindset presumably holds that the federal government has a rational basis to require that everybody engage in the specific type of interstate commerce which deals with green vegetables."
Failure to exercise imposes a larger cost on society than failure to obtain health insurance. According to the logic of Obamacare, government has the power to force us to exercise to avert that adverse consequence. http://www.aei.org/article/health/healthcare-reform/scalias-correct-the-slippery-slope-towards-compulsory-exercisescalias-correct-the-slippery-slope-towards-compulsory-exercise/
Christian Hospitals and organizations used to do this. In many areas, they still do. Unfortunately, the Progressive/Communist/Statist collective are working overtime to stop this.
If a private activity can collect donations and provide direct assistance, without government interference, they are able to do the work of Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords. The demonic butt sniffers in DC can't tolerate that.
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I am the director of pediatric cardiology. My primary focus is on the definition of immediate or long-term effects of cancer and cancer treatment on the heart, and the appropriate management of pediatric patients with these complications. This is particularly important in pediatric cancer, since it is hoped that the children will live for decades after successful treatment. It is therefore essential that we define the cardiotoxicity of new therapies and carefully monitor the heart during and after treatment.
I published some of the earliest research on the acute and long-term cardiac effects of cancer treatment. I have served as the Chair of the Cardiology Committee of the Children's Cancer Group (CCG) and wrote the CCG's Guidelines for Cardiac Monitoring of pediatric patients, during and after therapy. These guidelines are still used throughout the United States and around the world. I have designed specific cardiac monitoring incorporated in Memorial Sloan Kettering and CCG treatment protocols. I was also an early advisor and participant in the design of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. The results of this research are being used to determine appropriate cardiac monitoring and interventions in survivors of pediatric cancers and to refine the treatment of patients today.
In my research, I am evaluating the use of drugs to protect the heart in children who are receiving anthracycline chemotherapy. I have also helped define the cardiac effects of many new agents in clinical trials and studied the effects of immunotherapies and other targeted therapies on the heart. I have also investigated the cardiac effects of different regimens of cytoreduction for stem cell transplantation in young patients.
I enjoy working with children and adolescents and interacting with their families. When you make a difference in the treatment of a child, you have the potential to make a difference in a lifetime.
- Clinical Expertise: Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging; Cardiac Complications of Cancer and Therapy; Developmental Chemotherapy
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Residencies: The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center; St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Fellowships: The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
- Board Certifications: Pediatrics; Pediatric Cardiology
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As home to one of the world's top cancer research centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering is typically involved in more than 900 clinical trials at a given time. Currently, clinical trials focused on the conditions I treat are enrolling new patients. If you're interested in joining a clinical trial, click to learn about the trial's purpose, eligibility criteria, and how to get more information.Learn more
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Area teams deliver softball golden age
Delta County is experiencing a softball golden age, with three local teams all playing at a very high level.
Gladstone, Rapid River and Escanaba all enter this weekend as district champions of their respective divisions. Last season, all three advanced to the MHSAA state quarterfinals. Escanaba fell to a powerhouse Saginaw Swan Valley team while Rapid River and Gladstone advanced to the final four in Battle Creek, Gladstone finishing as state runners-up.
The Braves (26-1) have won 11 straight district titles and have made the final four in five consecutive years, winning the state title in 2009. In three of the other four appearances Gladstone has fallen in the state semifinals. However, this looks to be one of the stronger Gladstone teams in recent memory.
Sporting senior dual aces in Christine Sharon and Alison Austin, their pitching isn't worth a worry. Either is capable of holding a lead and shutting down the opposition.
Despite losing a litany of talent after the 2012 season, the Braves have been able to restock once again. There is no better proof of that then watching the performances of players like Sadie Strasser, Mikayla Depuydt, Lexi Hongisto and Jess Beaudry. Returning players' Grace Zimmermann and Jordan Kowalski have been nothing short of outstanding.
Expectations were tempered in the preseason. Even veteran manager Gerry Smith expressed some concern over how his young team would gel and fill in for departed experience. So the fact that Gladstone is practically undefeated is a remarkable feat and a testament to this coaching staff's ability, as well as the mature and determined mindset of the young players on this team. The team's lone loss came in late March in the preseason Spring Swing Tournament at the Superior Dome, to Marquette. Half the team was not present, as they were on spring break. The Braves also swept the four-game season series against their upper division opponents at Escanaba.
The Escanaba Eskymos had a breakthrough last season when they won their first district title since 2005. They followed that up with their first regional title since 2003 when they were state runners-up. Now, the Eskymos have final four aspirations once again. Last Saturday, the team won their second consecutive district title in convincing fashion, unleashing a 14-hit barrage on Cheboygan in an 11-3 victory.
The team has power at the plate in players like Ashley Cook, Michelle LaFave, Callie Heller, Braedyn Bosliovatz and Codi Jenshak. They play their positions well. They also have a formidable 1-2 punch on the mound in Jenshak and Jaymie Frappier. On Saturday, it was Frappier who shut down the Chiefs enabling the Eskymos to reach the regional at Cadillac on Saturday. Two of the teams in Escanaba's regional were there last year as well. It's easy to look ahead and think this Eskymos team should be right back in the state quarterfinal. Manager John LaMarch has been around a while though and it's a safe bet he will have his team in the proper mindset entering Saturday's games.
The Rapid River Rockets (17-14) have never won a state championship, but have made two straight final four appearances, both under manager George Kanyuh. The team also made the state semifinals in 2009.
The Rockets learned a hard lesson in 2011 when they were mercied by Unionville-Sebewaing (USA) in six innings in the state semifinals. In 2012 the Rockets held a 3-0 lead against Dansville in the state semifinal before a couple of uncharacteristic errors led to their downfall. Dansville rallied for a 4-3 victory.
Those two teams included ace pitcher Heather Sanderson, now a Division 1 player at Wisconsin-Green Bay, but that hasn't stopped the Rockets. Neena Brockway has risen to the challenge and surpassed expectations. As the Rockets senior hurler on the mound, she has set the school record for strikeouts in a game, with 19 – against Division 2 Cheboygan no less. She also mowed down 18 batters in a game against Munising earlier this season.
The team may be overlooked by some due to their modest record. However it is very misleading. Rapid River has played only a handful of Division 4 teams this season, loading their schedule with formidable contenders in Divisions 1, 2 and 3. It might be safe to say that no team in Division 4 has played a harder schedule than the Rockets.
The team is young, with multiple freshmen serving as regular contributors but players such as Erika Schwartz, Dominique Pavlat, Aslyn Brockway, Hannah Kanyuh and Lydia Froberg have all had their moments, and have come a long way since the beginning of the season. Veterans such as Averi Kanyuh, Savannah Stenlund and Neena Brockway have been the steadying force holding the team together through rough stretches early in the season.
Manager George Kanyuh stated at the beginning of the season that the team's goal remained the same, despite the large amount of turnover. It's state semifinals or bust, and this year the Rockets hope to make the jump to the title game. But first things first. a tough regional awaits on Saturday
Three local teams, three golden opportunities to repeat what occurred last season – three state quarterfinal appearances.
We may take this for granted now, but fans, players and family should enjoy it while it lasts. A golden age of softball like this, with three area teams all playing at a high level, may never come around again.


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Deborah Ann Ritz
MESA, Ariz. – Memorial services for Deborah Ann Ritz, 69, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Truman, Minn., will be held at a later date in both Arizona and Minnesota.
Deborah Ann Ritz (nee Gesme) passed away Jan. 12, 2013, at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz. Born in Mason City, Iowa, to Lawrence and Doris (Kaasa) Gesme, Deborah arrived on Jan. 4, 1944, and was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith. She was the youngest of four children. She worked for 31 years at Fairmont Medical Clinic in Fairmont, Minn. until she retired in 2004. Debbie particularly enjoyed traveling North America by motorcycle with her husband and being with people whenever and wherever possible.
Deborah married Dale Ritz on Dec. 13, 1975, in Truman, Minn. In addition to Dale, Debbie is survived by her daughter, Jodi (Bruce) Bentele of Round Lake, Minn.; and son, Trent (Laura) Blinkman of Hudson, Wis.; grandchildren Brad and Brett Bentele, and Maria, Shane, and Cale Blinkman and brother, Luther (Kay) Gesme of Mason City, Iowa. She is also survived by sisters-in-law, Dorothy Besler-Ritz (Marlin) of Peoria, Ariz., and Janice Petron (Steve) of New Ulm, Minn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; twin sisters (Deloris & Darlene); and a grandson, Eric Bentele.
Arrangements are entrusted to Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care, 400 South Power Road, Mesa, AZ 85206, (480) 830-4422.
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She's already conquered the reality TV scene and dominated the tabloids, so is Kim Kardashian's next move heading into politics?!
After previous talks of running for mayor of Glendale, California, Kim recently tweeted herself into a firestorm when discussing the always-controversial state of the Middle East. She vowed to get educated on the divisive issues between Israel and Palestine, and followed up by traveling to Kuwait to meet with Matthew Tueller, the US ambassador to Kuwait, according to E! Online. (She was primarily there to launch the opening of a Millions of Milkshakes, but hey, she did it and that's what counts.)
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Israel has always meant a lot to my parents, butit was my mother who took the Jewish state personally. She waspregnant at the time Israel was being created, in the spring of 1948,and to this day, she still describes the joy -- the triumph! -- ofbringing a new life into a world where the blue-and-white flag couldproudly fly.
Israel was an answer to Hitler, a womb of peacefor the rebirth of the Jews. But it was also something more. Implicitin the message that my mother directed at me, but not to my brother,who's four years my junior, was the understanding that, as a youngwoman, I had a particular stake in the Jewish state.
It's easy to see why she regarded Israel as anescape from every stricture that was making American women such as mymother chafe in the postwar era.
Israel was agrarian, not urban; egalitarian, notpatriarchal; practical, not intellectual; socialist, not competitive.My mother implicitly believed Israel's Declaration of Independence --passed only week's before my birth -- which guaranteed equality toall citizens, irrespective of race, religion or gender. What a greatplace to be a woman! In the United States, Bess Myerson was thebest-known Jewish woman, for winning the Miss America Pageant. But,in Israel, Golda Meir was the real thing, a woman with real power tobuild a nation.
Inevitably, Israel and I grew up. The kibbutzmovement devolved into the typical patriarchal nuclear family, andthe military placed women into subsidiary roles or granted themreligious exemptions, leaving men to do the fighting. Israel becamemasculinized by war and terrorism, by its unfinished business withthe Palestinian population, and by the pressures of absorbingmillions of immigrants.
The stronger the American feminist movementbecame, the weaker the Israeli women's agenda appeared. Americanjournalists first researching the status of women in Israel couldn'tbelieve their eyes; they emerged, feeling duped and angry, as ifthey'd been sold a bill of goods. I remember the sense of betrayal,verging on shame, I felt upon learning that Israeli women were not onthe front lines of battle, and that job status was linked to militaryexperience.
Women such as me had been raised with grandioseexpectations of a new world order -- not a nation grasping forstability while enduring decades under siege. We had expected aPromised Land of our own in Israel, and we were amazed, naïvely,I now see, that we didn't get it.
As we celebrate Israel's 50th birthday, it is timefor American Jewish women to take stock of how the myth -- and thereality -- of Israel has operated within our own lives. It seemsclear now that Israel's problems, its inability to make good on theDeclaration of Independence, has had an ironically energizing impacton Jewish feminists in the United States. Had Israeli women beenafforded equal rights, would we -- and our tradition as a whole --have been motivated to organize to expand our own religious andsocial roles? We typically credit the American women's movement forreinvigorating Judaism, but, in fact, it might also be the very lackof such vigor among women in the Jewish state that lit the fire ofnecessity.
Over time, Israeli feminist leaders such as AliceShalvi have warned us of the cost of war on Israeli society. In theinitial glow of the Oslo accords, women in Israel clearly expectedthat, finally, action would be taken on a host of domestic issues:family violence, education, equal rights for women. Now, in light ofthe peace stalemate, all bets are off.
That's why it's up to us to support and encourageworthy programs that can improve Israeli life.
Three programs, among many, deserveattention:
* Na'Amat, the Women's Labor Zionist Organizationof America Inc., is the largest Jewish women's organization in theworld, and arguably no group does more to improve the day-to-daylives of women in Israel. It provides day care for more than 25,000children, free legal aid, a shelter for battered women in Tel Avivand a support system for single-parent families. Na'Amat has 50,000members in the United States, and it needs you. Contact: (212)725-8010
* Jewish Women International (formerly B'naiB'rith Women) maintains the Children at Risk program -- including aresidential treatment center for boys, ages 7 to 13 -- which isespecially aimed at breaking the cycle of crime and violence thatbesets too many Israeli families. Contact JWI at (202)857-1300.
* The New Israel Fund supports rape crisis centersand programs to stop domestic violence, but it's theleadership-development program that interests me. Since 1993, theNisan Young Women Leaders program has trained more than 100 girls,ages 15 to 17, throughout northern Israel to be "agents ofchange."
"Nisan endeavors to imbue young Jewish and Arabwomen with motivation, sensitivity, creative energy, and dreams of abetter country," says the program's web site. A worthy goal, indeed.Contact: (310) 312 4864.
Perhaps full attention to the women's agenda inIsrael awaits the arrival of peace. We can't wait until then.
Marlene Adler Marks is senior columnist of TheJewish Journal. Her e-mail address is email@example.com. Beginning onMay 16, she will teach "Writing and Reading for Heart and Soul" atthe Skirball Cultural Center.
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|By fitting modern pieces in a traditional room, "we are betting on the fact that they will feed off each other and create the kind of energy that we're looking for," Tihany says.
As president of The Breakers, Paul Leone has an ongoing commitment to preserve the historic Palm Beach hotel while invigorating it with new ideas. There have been plenty of those under his leadership, but one of the most significant took place during the summer.
Since the 1920s, the Florentine Room had held a prominent place in Palm Beach's social history. It once was the spot where hotel guests took breakfast and lunch. Later, it became a hub of social activity as diners flocked to the French gastronomic experience of L'Escalier or to the Tapestry Bar, which shared space beneath the Florentine's 26-foot-high, hand-painted Mediterranean ceiling.
Wanting to preserve the architecture while reimagining the space, Leone asked a prominent firm to take on the project. "I no sooner finished describing the challenge here, and [the designer] said, 'You know, actually, this is a job for Adam Tihany,'" he says.
Considered one of the world's greatest hospitality designers, Tihany (right) has amassed a portfolio of sophisticated international projects: the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas; the King David Hotel in Jerusalem; signature restaurants for acclaimed chefs such as Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller; and dozens more.
For Tihany, The Breakers was a rare foray into Palm Beach design.
Acting as design consultant to Peacock and Lewis Architects, Tihany transformed the Florentine Room into a glamorous cocktail and small-plate lounge that encapsulates Palm Beach's timeless cocktail culture. Named HMF—short for Henry Morrison Flagler, The Breakers' founding father—the space, which opened in November, features a wine wall stocked with nearly 1,700 selections; two bars, one of which serves sushi; a theatrical open kitchen with appliances like a Japanese robata grill and a wood-burning pizza oven; oversized, contemporary furniture; and an entertainment area.
The menu consists of sharing plates, which are larger portions than traditional tapas. The global cuisine, with dishes such as coconut-ginger steamed Venus clams, focuses on bold flavors and memorable tastes.
In a nod (and a wink) to Palm Beach's social history, HMF serves classic cocktails, some with a twist, like a modern take on the sidecar that pays tribute to Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway. Only craft beers are served, and sodas are presented in retro aluminum bottles.
The Florentine Room reborn as HMF.
The wait staff is dressed as though attending the party, and cigarette girls in striking red dresses wander the room, offering items such as cocktail samplings and decadent desserts.
It all adds up to an authentic, modern vision celebrating Palm Beach's classic cocktail culture, stirred with Tihany's worldly influence.
"We live on an island. Adam lives in the world—in the high-end, affluent, exciting world of hospitality," Leone says. "That's been a really intriguing part of working with him, is seeing some of these things through his eyes."
PBI recently spoke to Tihany about his influences, his vision for HMF and his take on Palm Beach design.
PBI: How would you describe Palm Beach design today?
TIHANY: Obviously, there are some historical references involved when you think about Palm Beach, starting with Worth Avenue. People around the world associate with Palm Beach as a little bit [like] the East Coast version of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. It has a manicured, elegant and tropical atmosphere, [and] it's an elegant American leisure area resort town, obviously well to-do, so people are in their finest. ... For me, Palm Beach has been always a very sophisticated Bel Air [on the] East Coast. There are great homes. It's an image you absorb from magnificent architecture; you don't ever get the impression that it's a contemporary community.
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|Crispy Szechuan chicken wraps, one of the small plates at HMF.
How do you interpret the Palm Beach cocktail culture and its evolution?
[The cocktail culture] was part of the lifestyle. It was in the early evenings. People would gather, talk, enjoy themselves, and cocktails were served. That's an iconic image. Mad Men, which embodied the '60s, has brought to life to our generation how people used to behave socially, what was acceptable. [It's magical] for younger people to think how elegant it was, how fashionable it was to have a cocktail. Not, "Look at these people drinking." It's not even about drinking. It's about socializing.
When conceptualizing the design for HMF, how did you pay homage to the past while still bringing us forward?
That was the easy part. What I elected to do early on was not to disturb the existing original architecture of the Florentine Room. By enhancing it through better lighting, we created a stage to showcase more contemporary living.
I am a firm believer that these two things can easily coexist. When you walk into a traditional room, at times you feel you're in the wrong period. Something happened, and you're not draped in velvet [laughs]. You think, "This doesn't suit my contemporary lifestyle. I can observe it, I can look at it, I can appreciate it, but I don't want to stay here."
What I have created is enough tangible design in the room that actually would make you want to stay there. You can be sitting in the room on a contemporary chair, which gives you a little bit of a safety blanket from a contemporary perch, and can observe a traditional room, versus a traditional room dictating the mood. It's like, for comparison, if you think about the Louvre in Paris. There's a contemporary object in the heart of an eighteenth-century court. The new makes the old look less stodgy, and the old makes the new look a little bit stodgy. So they work with each other in synergy to create an energy that is conducive to contemporary living.
Was the vast, open space a challenge?
To me, that's not a challenge. This is what I do [laughs]. I work with these kinds of spaces. I haven't found the space yet that has squashed what was supposed to be done with it.
I think that the grandeur of the room actually is a starting point for us, and we try to work with it and whatever we put in it has to function properly but also has to be in the human scale. For example, sitting in a very high [ceiling] room affects your psyche a little bit. You feel like you're in a cathedral or something. It affects your sense of intimacy. In order to mitigate it without dropping the ceiling or putting up a canopy, we designed these very large light fixtures that sort of hover over your head and will give you the same effect as an umbrella. They will give you that nice sense of intimacy without losing the grandeur of the room.
You walk into some of these big spaces and see people gravitating to corners and areas where they feel more comfortable. They feel more protected. You're not exposed to the space, and the space affects you a little bit less if you can find a moment of intimacy. I'm well cognizant of all of this, and we try to design a room that will be inviting, fun, sexy and intimate and at the same time will benefit from being in this grand Florentine loggia.
How did color play a role in the design?
The Florentine Room has a very beautiful painted ceiling that has exactly 32 colors [laughs]. We took that palette and worked from it. The carpet and the furniture are complementary to the colors of the ceiling except, again, they are done in a very contemporary key. It is a colorful room, for sure, and pretty much in harmony with the existing original ceiling.
Photo by Bill Hughes courtesy of Tihany Design.
Did you have any ideas for this project that just did not work out?
Many. It didn't work out; we move on [laughs]. Every project has some things that you think originally they will work out, and then you get into it and they don't. But nothing earth-shattering. Just details.
How did you gather inspiration or research for HMF?
We obviously do a lot of research about the demographics and about The Breakers. It's important for me to create spaces that are site-specific, that are not just like a transplant from another planet. In order to do that, you really have to understand not just the space but also the demographics—who's going to be using it and what is the type of clientele—and try to understand what makes these people tick. We work all over the world, so it's sort of part of the secret sauce that we have, to try to identify the DNA of the place and then design accordingly.
What kind of atmosphere did you want to create at HMF?
Really cool and sexy. It's a place where you would want to spend time, whether it's having a small plate of something, the cocktails at cocktail hour, grab a bite of dinner, stay with friends, gather around a meeting place. We just see this as becoming a very social hub, the meeting place of choice—a "meet me at the HMF" kind of thing. That's our hope.
Before this project, had you been to Palm Beach?
Maybe three times. And all three times, I stayed at The Breakers. And so I already had some kind of opinion of what this property was all about and was very excited when they actually contacted me to come and work with them.
How does this project compare to others you've done?
[The Breakers is] a very important, iconic hotel, so obviously Paul and his team are very involved. They care about every detail, and to me that's a very favorable working environment. ... They're very open-minded, they're very excited about new things, extremely knowledgeable about the business and what they're doing. That says to me it's a wonderful opportunity to meet this kind of super-professional hoteliers and operators that really care about doing something meaningful for the community. And that makes Palm Beach, for me, very special.


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Endurance Amino compares extremely well to high priced amino acid tablets on the market, at a fraction of the cost. The foundation of Endurance Amino is the three Branched Chain Amino Acids, or BCAA (l-leucine, l-isoleucine, l-valine), supplementation of which helps delay exercise-induced or central nervous system-induced fatigue, improve immune system reaction, and enhance recovery. Another amino acid, l-alanine, is included in the Endurance Amino formula. The liver can convert l-alanine into glucose as needed, which the bloodstream transports to the muscles for energy. Additionally, l-alanine aids in the synthesis of pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5), which is also needed for protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism.
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Details: The University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra conducted by Gordon Foote grabs the spotlight in this throwback to big band sound. Gordon spent 26 years as a professor in the Jazz Studies Program at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. He is one of the pioneers of jazz education in Canada and an integral force in the development and implementation of the first undergraduate and graduate university jazz studies programs in the country. Students in the jazz program show off their chops and delight crowds under Professor Foote's skilled leadership.
When: Fri., Dec. 6, 2013 at 9 pm
Where: Arbor Room, Hart House
Cost: Free
View all of the upcoming Jazz at Oscar's shows.
Produced and coordinated by the Hart House Music Committee, Jazz at Oscar's brings you jazz in all shapes, colours and moods. Innovative Improvisation – Scintillating Standards – Classic Jazz. Jazz at Oscars showcases the best musicians from our own backyard and from Toronto's vibrant jazz community.


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Updated from 5:38 p.m. ET to include an updated share price for Cisco's stock in after-hours action and analyst commentary on the Fed minutes.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The bulls have been in control for the majority of 2012 but it's getting increasingly difficult to stay optimistic these days.
Especially after an ugly finish like the one witnessed on Wall Street Tuesday.
And right on time, the latest fund manager survey conducted by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch was a bit of mixed bag itself. The growth outlook jumped (a good thing) but there was also a warning signal to deal with as stocks tend to underperform bonds whenever the smart money embraces equities.
"While the fiscal cliff is viewed as by far the biggest tail risk, investor sentiment had clearly become more optimistic on growth & risk in recent weeks," B of A said of the poll's findings. "In the November FMS
The survey involved 248 participants with roughly $695 billion worth of assets under management with responses logged between Nov. 2-8. B of A noted the majority of respondents proffered their answers before the Nov. 6 presidential election.
While noting that cash holdings still remain at around average levels, B of A said it believes "some market caution is in order" precisely because the hedgies have augmented the stock component of their portfolios.
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As for Wednesday's scheduled news, Staples(SPLS) is reporting its third-quarter results before the opening bell, and the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters is for a profit of 45 cents a share in the October-ended period on revenue of $6.45 billion.
Shares of the Framingham, Mass.-based office products retailer are down roughly 11% so far this year. The stock closed Tuesday at $11.25, down 33.5% since hitting a 52-week high of $16.93 on March 20.
The sell side is bearish ahead of the print with 14 of the 20 analysts covering Staples at hold (11), underperform (2), or sell (1) with the 12-month median price target sitting at $12.
UBS is in the neutral camp and it cut its price target to $11 from $12 on Tuesday. The firm anticipates the retailer will feel some pinch from weak PC sales but found something of a silver lining in this trend.
"The recent lessons from SPLS' peers shows that the tech category has been particularly soft as of late (PCs = 6% of SPLS sales)," UBS said. "This puts the bias to the downside for our -1% comp est for 3Q. The perverse benefit of not having these sales is that it's a gross margin good guy. This was the case with OMX


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Hello again.
Thank you for your offer, but I think I have another solution. I am going to be submitting a memorial page for a John Doe who is soon to be buried in the County of Sonoma Cemetery. Thus, I will be adding the County of Sonoma Cemetery to findagrave's database of cemeteries.
If you run a search for Lori Lee Kursa on findagrave, you will see that two listings come up for her. Both show her in the wrong cemetery. But when the County of Sonoma Cemetery is finally entered in the findagrave database, I expect that the other listing for her will be corrected to the County of Sonoma Cemetery. At that time, I suggest you submit your information about her to the County of Sonoma Cemetery memorial page and then simply delete your memorial page for her.
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That's right, the County of Sonoma is not mentioned on findagrave at the moment. It was at a one time, but someone, who shall go nameless right now, took it upon herself to change all 351 burials to another cemetery—the Old County Cemetery. That's right, she moved the entire population of the County of Sonoma Cemetery to another cemetery. I am in the process of taking up this ridiculous situation with findagrave administration.
In the meantime, there is going to be another burial in the County of Sonoma Cemetery within the next month or so, so I will be adding the County of Sonoma Cemetery to findagrave again in order to set up a memorial page for the new burial. Then you should be able to put Lori Kursa in the County of Sonoma Cemetery. Hopefully, in time I will be able to have all 351 burials put back in the correct cemetery—the County of Sonoma Cemetery.
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I just wanted to point out that Lori Lee Kursa is not buried in Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. She is buried in the County of Sonoma Cemetery located right behind Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.
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I love the flavor of Lychee,admittedly they are a little strange in your mouth, so I just had to try this tea. The first sip is a little different, but trust the box when it advises to let it cool a few minutes. It is really an enjoyable flavor which grows and grows on you. I am really glad I order them.
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I always preferred white teas becos they have a more delicate flavor and they r healthier. This tea is much lighter than the whole loose leaves of silver needles white tea. Maybe it's becos they are some other types of white tea leaves. Personally, I would have preferred a slightly more robust taste, but the subtle lychee aroma makes it 'pretty'. I definitely like that it is fair trade, that the boxes r made from 100% recycled paper and that the bags r totally biodegrade.
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Today Ava Gavloski created this STUNNING box using LOADS of Glitter Silk Cardstock. Enjoy!
Last week, I was sharing some of my projects with a dear friend and I was listening to what she had said about some cards she really liked. Well, it's her birthday next month and so this is a little gift I will be giving her.
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Love how the Glitter sparkles on the white Opulent Opal card base !
These cards feature the very fun Marvy Uchida Silhouette punches. The EMBOSS and punch!
Glitter Silk, Opulent opal, Red Flash, Bermuda Bling, Princess Pink & Regal Royal Glitter Silk Cardstock
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When it comes to education, Fredonia Central Schools' decision of three years ago affirms it is never about bricks and mortar.
Despite the magic of youngsters playing, learning and growing that took place for years in the facility, keeping Wheelock Primary School open was becoming too expensive for taxpayers. Board of Education members decided in 2010 it was best to save about $600,000 annually in its budget and relocate those pupils attending kindergarten to second grade to its main campus off Main Street.
And while there may be sentiment from some wishing Wheelock was still in use, many in the district have moved on, understanding that all school districts have been overbuilt in this county for their current enrollments.
Cassadaga Valley's Board of Education is facing a similar dilemma this year as it weighs closing its Cassadaga Elementary School, which currently has an enrollment of only 95 pupils. A key argument in the potential closing of this building has to do with the loss of jobs.
Not helping matters any is the Village Board butting in regarding the issue. On emotions alone, the board is endorsing keeping the building open.
But emotions – as we have seen for decades in this county – drive poor financial decisions. It is why we have 62 entities of governments and schools in a county where the population is quickly falling below 134,000 residents.
According to district officials, closing the building could bring a savings of $387,000 for next year. Unfortunately, those reductions also mean the elimination of positions.
Schools – and government for that matter – were not created to preserve jobs. The entities were created to provide services and an environment for learning – something that will continue in Cassadaga Valley no matter where the children go to school.
All area districts are facing tremendous financial pressure over the next and future years. Some are even nearing the point of being out of money.
If Cassadaga Valley can save money – and educational programs in the process – by closing Cassadaga Elementary School, then that is the choice that must be made.
Ripley Central School voters were correct in their vote last week to tuition students in grades seven to 12. The priority is for learning opportunities the students receive, not what roof they come under.
Keeping the Cassadaga elementary building open has nothing to do with learning. It is, for those attached, about trying to keep a tradition alive – a tradition that now numbers fewer than 100 pupils.


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Government at every level is funded by taxpayers, and some officials are elected by the people. Those officials, in turn, often hire people to carry out the day-to-day tasks of government, but the line of authority ends with the public.
The public's right to know is key to good, responsible government.
In recent years, we've seen some local public officials – such as police chiefs and school administrators – placed on leave and then forced to quit their jobs. The taxpayers, who provide the money for the salaries, never were told why.
Recently, we found out about another case of public officials being placed on paid leave.
Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District Superintendent Dan Russom and St. Johnsville's D.H. Robbins Elementary School Principal Christopher Fatta have been placed on paid leave after school officials received complaints about the two. The superintendent of the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services is filling in for Russom in his absence.
So far, BOCES and school district officials are giving no reason publicly for the educators' paid leave. We can understand some secrecy during the investigation of this matter, but in the near future, school officials should inform the public about the accusations and details.
As the secrecy continues, rumor and speculation will grow. The public will become suspicious and uneasy, and false information may circulate. In some cases, members of the community cast the innocent in an unfair light because no one knows the facts.
When the public knows the truth about these cases, people can call for measures to prevent similar problems from happening.
Unlike private people working for private companies, those working in the public sector are responsible to the people. We urge transparency in these matters.


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food interaction for PILECA EZ
alcohol interaction for PILECA EZ
pregnancy interaction for PILECA EZ
lactation interaction for PILECA EZ
Human and animal studies have shown significant adverse effects on the foetus. Please consult your doctor.
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Expert advice FOR PILECA EZ
- Take Atorvastatin only as prescribed by your doctor.
- Avoid consuming alcohol when taking Atorvastatin, it may worsen the adverse effects of this medicine on the liver.
- Notify your doctor if you experience unexplained muscle pain or weakness, which can lead to serious kidney problems.
- Do not take Niacin with Atorvastatin. Niacin may increase Atorvastatin's side effects on the muscles, which can lead to serious kidney problems.
- Notify the doctor that you are taking this medicine before undergoing any kind of surgery.
- Notify your doctor immediately if you are or are planning to become pregnant during the administration of this medicine.
Frequently asked questions FOR PILECA EZ
Q. What is tonact tg/ tonact 10/ tonact 40/ tonact 20/ storvas 10/ storvas 20/ lipikind/ atorlip/ atorlip-20?
Atorvastatin (also available as tonact tg/ tonact 10/ tonact 40/ tonact 20/ storvas 10/ storvas 20/ lipikind/ atorlip/ atorlip-20) belong to group of medications called statins (lipid-lowering agents) or HMG CoA reductase inhibitors. It acts by blocking the enzyme HMG CoA reductase and formation of cholesterol, thus, lowering the blood lipid levels.
Q. Is atorvastatin same as simvastatin/ pravastatin?
Atorvastatin and simvastatin/ pravastatin belong to same class of medication called as HMG CoA reductase inhibitor (or statins) with similar action but their effect may vary upon individual response
Q. Is atorvastatin diuretic/ beta blocker/ ace inhibitor?
No. Atorvastatin belongs to class of medication called as HMG CoA reductase inhibitor or statins
Q. It atorvastatin gluten free?
Yes. It is gluten free. Please refer to package insert of the prescribed brand before use
Q. Is it a blood thinner?
No. it is a lipid lowering drug
Q. Is atorvastatin better than simvastatin/ pravastatin?
Atorvastatin and simvastatin/ pravastatin belong to same category of medications with similar action, but their effect may vary upon individual response. Always consult your doctor regarding its use.
Q. Is ezetimibe a bile acid sequestrent /statin?
Ezetimibe belongs to a class of medication called as cholesterol absorption inhibitors. It is not a bile acid sequestrent or statin
Q. Is ezetimibe a generic drug / same as Ezetrol/Zetia?
Yes, ezetimibe is a generic name and Ezetrol/Zetia is the brand name of ezetimibe
Q. Is ezetimibe safe?
Ezetimibe is safe, if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor
Q. How does ezetimibe reduce cholesterol in the body?
Ezetimibe prevents the absorption of cholesterol from the intestine into the blood
Q. Does ezetimibe cause weight gain, muscle pain, cancer, lowers triglyceride, increase HDL?
Ezetimibe lowers triglyceride, increases the level of HDL in blood and has been found to reduce weight and cause muscle pain; however, cancer has not been reported.


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Join the Virginia State Bar Corporate Counsel section (all members work in corporate counsel) to learn about legal opportunities in corporate counsel, how to break into the field, what it consists of and more, directly from attorneys who work in corporate counsel. Lunch and a Q&A session are provided.
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Corsair Memory, a leading maker of high-performance DRAM and flash products, this week announced two new cooling solutions for memory modules – liquid-based and thermo-electric – that enable even higher overclocking potential for the company's products.
"Corsair has always led the field with the development of advanced cooling solutions for computer memory. The Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H30 and Ice Series T30 extend that technology and performance leadership, providing even higher levels of cooling power, including the world's first sub-ambient memory cooler for enthusiasts and overclockers," said Jim Carlton, vice president of marketing for Corsair.
The Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H30 is a high performance anodized aluminum water-block, capable of cooling up to six Dominator or Dominator GT modules. The H30 water-block utilizes 3/8" inner-diameter tubing for compatibility with the most common water-cooling setups. End-users will have to acquire water pump separately. While the liquid-cooling option is not particularly new for overclockers – OCZ Technology Group has offered such option for several years now – the interesting thing is that Corsair's liquid-block is compatible with another innovation of the company: thermo-electric cooling system.
At the top of the range of Corsair's cooling systems is the Cooling Ice Series T30, which is a thermo-electric cooler capable of cooling memory up to 20°C below ambient temperature. Combined with the H30 water-block, the T30 allows for higher overclocking and greater memory performance and stability. In the Corsair Lab, the T30 was found to increase memory frequency overclocking by as much as 100MHz compared to standard cooling.
Sub-ambient memory cooling has long been of interest to enthusiasts and overclockers, but the problem of water condensation, which could cause damage to system components, has previously prevented the technology from being deployed. Corsair's Ice Series T30 solves this problem by including a sophisticated humidity sensor circuit, which monitors the humidity, ambient temperature and memory temperature to prevent the DIMMs from being cooled below the 'dew point' at which condensation occurs.
The new Corsair Cooling solutions are compatible with Dominator and Dominator GT modules using the DHX+ heatsink, which utilizes removable fins to allow for modular cooling options to be fitted. They are available immediately from Corsair's Online Store and offer one year limited warranty.


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March 26, 2013
Venable LLP discusses two recent green marketing settlements from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in this advertising alert.
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