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App Information Fashion Studio Hip Hop Outfit
- App NameFashion Studio Hip Hop Outfit
- Package Namecom.sutdi.hoppih
- UpdatedFebruary 28, 2017
- File SizeUndefined
- Requires AndroidAndroid 4.0 and up
- Version1.1
- Developerchen shuiqun
- Installs100 - 500
- PriceFree
- CategoryCasual
- Developer
- Google Play Link
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Damage to nerves that supply the prostate and other pelvic organs can also cause impotence. Strokes can damage parts of the brain that send messages via nerves to the penis. Prostate surgery, especially removal of the prostate for cancer (radical total prostatectomy) damages the nerves that control erection in the majority of patients, although newer surgical techniques can lower the chances that damage to these nerves will happen.
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Saint Etienne's announce their Christmas Album & December live dates.
After locking themselves away for six weeks in deepest Surrey, on a diet of glogg and cheese footballs to get in the spirit, Saint Etienne announce the release of their long promised Christmas album A Glimpse Of Stocking. It will mix eight old (some very rare) songs with seven brand new ones. All of the new ones are self-written except for the Doors' surprisingly festive Wintertime Love. It now sounds closer to Lieutenant Pigeon than the Lizard King's gang, having being partially recorded in a Highgate pub.
Other treats to accompany a feast of port and stilton include the saucy Unwrap Me, the Daft Punk meets Woolies ad rave-up Gonna Have a Party, and the Rea-in-reverse Welcome Home (with Sarah waiting for Chris to turn up on her doorstep), and No Cure For The Common Christmas is a cracking uptempo yet melancholy Pete Wiggs track with an Ennio Morricone/New Order feel.
Through The Winter, meanwhile, is a glacial Christmas break-up electro ballad because not everyone feels quite the same way about Christmas as Saint Etienne do (especially birthday boy Bob Stanley, who thinks he owns it) so A Glimpse of Stocking will be a limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies, available for the 2010 festive season only. Copies are available from the bands website only www.saintetienne.com or at the bands forthcoming Christmas shows (50 copies per evening).
There is also a special deluxe edition available £150 which will include an extra CD with a Personally Dedicated Christmas Song, sung by Sarah, not available on the main album. This is the only way you'll be able to get this song, AND your name will be in the lyric.
The gorgeous artwork, and the group's Christmas card, are both designed by Lora Findlay, who designed the sleeve for their much lauded Tales From Turnpike Lane.
A Glimpse Of Stocking. It's the perfect Christmas present to yourself!
Come join Saint Etienne at the following live dates
Dec 2 Brighton, Brighton Centre (with Scissor Sisters)
Dec 10 ATP, Bowlie weekender
Dec 11 Kilkenny, Set Theatre
Dec 16 Glasgow, ABC
Dec 17 Manchester, Ritz
Dec 18 London, Kentish Town, The Forum
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Located in the lobby, Le Petit Opus Café features a French bistro-style menu. The restaurant is the perfect venue for relaxing in the European atmosphere and enjoying breakfast, lunch, or light meals until evening. At Happy Hour, a selection of tapas is offered with the purchase of drinks. Whether you prefer to have a cozy meal for two or plan to dine with the family or a larger group, Le Petit Opus Café can accommodate and meet your needs. For themed parties, the restaurant is equipped with large screens and Wi-Fi.
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Welcome all….It's been a great start to a great season. If coaches or someone with information on standings could call or e-mail me at Yankee email@example.com I would greatly appreciate it.
In the game played May 22, Mirkin Vision vs. V & B Auto Body, Mirkin defeated V & B 7-0. On May 15 with Mirkin vs. Kennedy's, Kennedy's defeated Mirkin 22-10. This brings Mirkin's standing to 5-1.
Once again, I'd like to encourage coaches to please e-mail me, call, or write re-caps of the games so that I may put them into the sports column.
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Did the Sun hit record highs over the last few decades?
Guest commentary by Raimund Muscheler
[note: this is a restore (8/8/05) of an article from August 3, 2005 that was accidentally deleted due to a technical glitch. Unfortunately, most of the comments could not be retrieved. We sincerely apologize to our readers!]
The solar influence on climate is a controversial topic in climate research (see previous posts here and here). The irradiance changes are assumed to be relatively small and the importance of potential amplifying mechanisms is still a matter of current debate. One reason for these uncertainties is that there are only approximately 25 years of satellite-based observations of the solar irradiance. Sunspot observations for the last 400 years clearly indicate that current levels of solar activity are very different from the state of the sun during the Maunder minimum (from approx. 1645 to 1715 AD) where almost no sunspots could be observed.
Cosmogenic radionuclides (such as 10Be and 14C) records are the most reliable proxies to extent solar activity reconstructions beyond the period of direct observations of the sun. They are produced in the atmosphere by the interaction of galactic cosmic rays with the atoms of the atmosphere. High solar shielding of the galactic cosmic rays during periods of high solar activity decreases the radionuclide production rates and vice versa for low solar activities. Cosmogenic radionuclide production rates are also influence by the geomagnetic field. Similarly to the solar magnetic modulation, high geomagnetic field intensity decreases the flux of galactic cosmic rays and radionuclide production rates and the opposite for low geomagnetic field intensity.
The processes responsible for the radionuclide production are well known and can be modeled quantitatively. The biggest uncertainties lies in the interpretation of the radionuclide records that can be measured in natural archives such as ice cores in the case of 10Be or tree rings in the case of 14C. This is due to the fact that changes in atmospheric transport and deposition in the case of 10Be or changes in the carbon cycle in the case of 14C can influence the measured concentrations. Unidentified climatic influences lead to errors in the reconstruction of solar activity changes based on these records. This problem is illustrated by two alternative reconstructions of past changes in solar activity based on ice core 10Be records. Based on a 10Be record from Antarctica Bard et al. (2000) conclude that currents levels of solar activity were also reached or exceeded around 1200 AD. By contrast, Solanki et al. (2004) conclude that solar activity during recent decades is exceptionally high compared to the past 8000 years. Their method seems to be confirmed by a 10Be record from Southern Greenland (Dye 3, Beer et al, 1990). However, the two 10Be records from Antarctica and Greenland exhibit big disagreements for the last 55 years which is the main reason for these very different conclusions (Raisbeck and Yiou, 2004).
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The goal of my project was to gain an understanding of the various advantages and disadvantages of a universal system of health care. My focus was on the established systems in England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Through the use of surveys and follow up questions, I sought to understand various health care issues, including waiting times, disparities in care, physician's salaries, patient care, and access to primary care.


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As "issues" movies go, In The Heat Of The Night ranks as one of the big ones. It may not have been the first of its kind, but it solidifies its place in film history by crafting moments of subtlety and nuance while also wearing its central issue proudly on its sleeve and never resorting to being maudlin. Every movie since its release that waves a flag for a cause or makes a political point has a direct line to it as an influence – even if many of them fall victim to excessive beating of their drums. So why had I not yet seen this classic? Aside from the fact that I can't see everything (dammit), it fell into that category of "well, I pretty much know the story…". Of course, that's rarely the case isn't it? Even if the plot points match up to what you expected, there's always all the bits in between to savour. A fine reason to keep doing these blind spots…
To narrow the field of potential pairings with In The Heat Of The Night, I looked for another issue film that could be considered as revolving around a central powerhouse performance. It's hard to compete with Heat's tandem headliners – Sidney Poitier as the Philadelphia detective stuck in a racist Southern town and Rod Steiger giving an Oscar-winning turn as the town's sheriff – but you could do far worse than calling on Mr. Paul Newman…His Oscar-nominated role in Absence Of Malice was one I had wanted to see for awhile, so it seemed a good double bill once you combine that with the film's focus on the power and responsibility of the press and legal system. Another trait both movies share is the way they jump quickly out of the gate. We're not even 15 minutes into Absence Of Malice and we know: that a union boss has gone missing and is presumed dead (the film was made only 5-6 years after Jimmy Hoffa disappeared – he wasn't even legally declared dead yet); the justice department has some suspects but is getting nowhere; they decide to focus their investigation on Michael Gallagher (Newman) since he is the son of a former criminal with ties to the suspects (and they hope to lean on him for information); a snoopy reporter named Megan (Sally Field) has discovered the investigation; the justice department lead on the case purposely leaked the investigation so that Gallagher would see it in the press; Michael is likely totally innocent and the story run in the newspaper will have assumptions and accusations leading to unjust consequences; etc. It's a pretty packed opening and the film expects you to keep up as it drops names right and left. It does essentially follow through with where you assume the plot will go – Gallagher does indeed suffer due to the leaked story as his union shuts him down, he loses customers and his closest friend Teresa (the also nominated Melinda Dillon) is pulled into the story – but manages to keep you guessing a bit regarding Gallagher's actual connections and Teresa's guilt over a secret they share. Field also keeps you guessing by oddly playing the reporter at different times as confident, flighty, defiant, meek, mouthy and sexy. It's not completely the actress' fault (though her performance just doesn't seem to fit at times) as the character's behaviour is a grab bag of possibilities. It certainly keeps you a bit off balance (particularly during the scenes between the two leads), but there's little likelihood that it was intentional. Newman for his part is remarkably consistent throughout as he plays Gallagher as stoic and very focused. Though he is initially upset at the paper and Megan for the fact-free reporting about him, he tries to settle into a moral compass for her. "You say someone is guilty, everyone believes you. You say they're innocent and no one cares." Her response shows he has some work ahead of him: "That's not the paper's fault, that's people."
As mentioned, In The Heat Of The Night also has a quick out of the gate start. Its plot is well enough known: Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) is passing through Sparta Mississippi, but while waiting for his connection gets pulled from the train station late one night by a deputy who is suspicious of a well-dressed black man. One of the town's wealthiest and most important men has just been found dead in an alleyway, so Virgil is brought in for questioning and is assumed to be the prime suspect ("How does a coloured man get that kind of money?"). Every person he comes across in the town has an immediate reaction to him and though finding out that he's a cop from Philadelphia may drop him from the suspect list, no one is jumping to extend a friendly handshake. Once his captain offers Tibbs' services to Sheriff Gillespie (Steiger) over the phone, the sheriff's own racism and demeanour towards the detective becomes situational – one minute calling him "Boy" and the next ordering his staff and the morgue to give Tibbs everything he needs. Gillespie is definitely conflicted since he needs to solve the case (the deceased Mr. Colbert was on the verge of socking even more investment into the town), but hates being shown up by a black man. Except for two people, the rest of the town see little use for Tibbs and stick with their initial assumptions (why change when you're comfortable?). Mrs. Colbert is one of those two and applies pressure to the sheriff and mayor to keep Tibbs as the lead investigator. Not only did he show her kindness while breaking the news of the murder to her, but he is also able to quickly surmise that a second suspect is also innocent. Unsurprisingly, that second suspect (a young man who took the dead man's wallet after the crime had been committed) is the other person who gives Tibbs some respect.
That's not to say that Tibbs is exactly respectful of all the townsfolk himself…One of the key elements of the film is that Virgil isn't a perfect human being either. He is well-educated, classy and does his job very well, but he also doesn't hesitate to look down on most of these Southerners. Sure he has good reason to carry that chip on his shoulder when he's treated this way, but it begins to interfere with his investigation and he starts making his own assumptions and looking for his own justice. Gillespie, though quick to anger and judgement himself, is also a smart man. The two of them push and pull for the entirety of the film and use each other's weaknesses. At one point when Tibbs has given up and decided to go home, Gillespie uses Tibbs' "holier than thou" attitude against him to convince him to stay by asking him how he could refuse a chance to make all these white people look stupid. There's a strong theme throughout of people showing their need to instill their own moral codes on others. Oddly enough, it's a theme that snakes through Absence Of Malice as well. The newspaper has little moral code of its own as shown by their lawyer (as long as they made a small effort to reach Gallagher or publish his denials, they can say whatever they want about him – if there is absence of malice then justice is served), but the DoJ have reached their own conclusions and need to get there no matter what. Even Gallagher (though he has pretty justified reasons as the film goes on) feels compelled to teach a few lessons to all the different players. In both films, no one wants to be reasonable. Which is somewhat the point – for many people their own moral code is justification enough.
Absence Of Malice tends to hammer home its points though. I've never considered Sydney Pollack the most subtle of directors and numerous scenes in the movie help reinforce that rather unfounded argument. Of note is Field's rather clunky delivery of "What are you saying?" to the lawyer that sets up his "absence of malice" speech. The final 10-15 minute scene in the U.S. assistant attorney general's office is both the best scene in the movie and one of its glaring faults. It's pretty great almost solely due to Wilford Brimley's reading of his AAG role as a disappointed parent getting his unruly children to tell him what they did wrong. But it exposes the faults of the film by stating its message a bit too clearly – don't rush to judgement, consider what truth means, it should be better to get a story right than fast and people can get hurt. Some relevant questions that ring true today for sure, but it's weakened by its method. Newman is also strong in that final scene though – both in how he quietly responds to questions and how he watches others without breaking his focus. One could argue that In The Heat Of The Night doesn't exactly shy away from stating out loud its own message, but both Tibbs and Gillespie are complex characters who contribute to the story's resolution without ever having to stand up and shout "Racism is bad!". It's much more powerful when you simply see that it's bad and don't have to be told. The film is probably best known for two moments when Tibbs stands up proudly for himself. The first is when he is condescendingly asked what them Northerners call him ("They call me Mr. Tibbs!") and the second when he responds to being slapped by the town's powerful cotton plantation owner. Poitier is on fire in both these scenes – that seething rage just under the surface of Tibbs almost makes you back away from the screen for fear of catching some shrapnel if it explodes. I can only imagine how this must have come across in 1967 because it's still pretty damn intense in 2013.
Neither film is overly showy with its visuals (both directors are much more focused on story and characters), but In The Heat Of The Night still takes full advantage of the great Haskell Wexler behind the lens. Shadows and shafts of light come into play and director Norman Jewison chooses his long shots judiciously to set scenes or show character relationships. The film is filled with talent – from the Ray Charles theme song (not a particularly great song in my opinion, but still…) to a great cast of character actors (Warren Oates, William Schallert, Scott Wilson, Larry D Mann, Anthony James – if you don't know the names, I guarantee you know every one of those faces). Hal Ashby hadn't started his directing career yet, but he won an Oscar for his work editing the film. In all, it won 5 Oscars including Best Picture – and that's in a year that also had Bonnie And Clyde, The Graduate and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner in the running for top honours. Not that Oscars are, by any means, a sign of quality, but Jewison's film makes a good standard bearer for that period. Absence Of Malice didn't quite knock 'em dead at the Academy Awards, but its 3 nominations (along with Newman's nod, Dillon and the screenplay got noms as well) weren't too shabby. If perhaps the screenplay didn't shine as strong as it could have, the film still casts a reasonably interesting story (with good doses of tension as we try to figure out what Teresa's secret is and how Gallagher's plan will roll out) and even manages to put a different context around what initially seems like a bad idea for a romantic plotline. Indeed both films manage to create solid contexts around their issues and bring to the fore the characters and the consequences. In particular, the consequences of basing your world view solely on what you see from your own pedestal.
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Phew, that felt good, dinnit? Just takes you right back, like any good one-hit wonder should. And remember how, after the Kennedy raves and MTV Beach House success of that song, Nada Surf did the graceful thing by fading quietly into obscurity and K-Tel royalties? That was really cool of them. Uh... they did fade quietly into obscurity, right?
Hells no! Like the equally mystifying continued existence of their pan-flash peers Superdrag (sigh, WhosuckedouttheFEEEELAAAAAANNNNN!!), Nada Surf insists upon fading away rather than burning out. So now, they're dropping down to the minor leagues and trying to ignore showgoers' wiseass heckles as they tour America's low-overhead venues. If you're anything like me, there's a little voice inside of you saying, "Dude, weird, they're still around? Shouldn't they be headlining the John Deere Alternative Rock Stage at the State Fair by now? Could it be there's something worthwhile about this band to have so long outlived their original fifteen minutes?"
Well, that's why I get paid the big bucks, folks-- to tell all y'all not to listen to that bastardly little voice, who never did you no good anyhow. Let Go's only plausible use is to forcibly expose us to mid-90s alt-rock in the context of today so that we might come to grips with just how damn crappy it sounds. Of course, the very same effect can be achieved by simply dusting off that Buffalo Tom CD the record store's passed on sixty or seventy times and tossing it into the old six-disc-- a rather sad fact for the boys of Nada Surf, and proof positive of this album's dollar-bin destiny.
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But it would take an entirely hapless band to go an entire album without stumbling into a few sparks, and Nada Surf find limited success in the purty harmonies of "Blizzard of 77" and the in-the-continent-of-raucous "Treading Water". Too bad these, and the other ten mid-tempo tunes on Let Go, are gleefully shined into harmless linoleum by the mixing board of Bryce "SuperSheen" Goggin, the only man who can lay claim to ruining albums by both Pavement and Phish.
Perhaps the only thing I can't give Nada Surf the old kick-while-down for is the rather unfortunate sharing of album titles with teen-of-the-moment Avril Lavigne-- and that's only 'cause I haven't got it in me to waste further time smacking down these clearly well-meaning saps. I'll admit, though: If forced to defend one of the two LPs to save my life, I'd pick Little Miss Wifebeater without a second thought. No, I'm afraid Nada Surf won't be regaining any of their past (hyuck, hyuck) Popularity on these shores with Let Go, and their fellow forgotten (Dig, anyone?) might want to heed their warning and stay retired.


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Apple's Icarus Effect
Just as those living in shiny houses of self-righteous glass often end up surrounded by shards of their former sanctimony, so Apple Inc. now finds itself the increasingly appealing target of software hackers.
For years, Apple's marketing has consisted of accentuating the positive and ignoring everything else. As hackers pillaged Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows operating system, Apple (AAPL) stressed that its computer platform was relatively virus-free, most notably in that snarky ad campaign, "I'm a PC. I'm a Mac." There was Windows, groaning under the weight of its security apparatus, like some knight of yesteryear packed in heavy armor who, once he fell off his horse, couldn't get up again. And on the other side, there was Apple strutting about, smacking its gloves together and posing for the crowd.
But now Apple is becoming a victim of its own success, and the irony is just too great to miss. Anyone with a mild sense of history is keeping track. The main reason Apple had been left alone by hackers was not by virtue of any superior security technology, the company's protestations to the contrary notwithstanding. Software is, after all, eminently hackable. Only sufficient motivation is required. And now that Apple's platforms have become more popular, hackers are getting motivated.
Target: iPhone
Apple sold nearly 7.8 million Mac desktop and laptop computers in 2007. That's a 37% gain over the number sold in 2006 and well more than double the 2001 volume. It's little surprise then that reports of Mac viruses have been rising steadily.
Even more than the Mac, the iPhone makes for an attractive target. Apple tried to keep tight control on the iPhone platform, which is also based on the Mac OS. But iPhone-philes had other ideas. Hackers went to town on the iPhone from day one, opening it for service with nondesignated wireless providers and dropping applications onto it at will. And now there's Pwnage, a product of the renegade iPhone Dev Team. Pwnage threatens to help programmers bypass the controls and tolls Apple hopes to impose on any iPhone application created with the just-released software kit.
As if there weren't already enough incentive to hack the iPhone, the 30% revenue "share" Apple will require for every application sold through the iTunes Store should do the trick. To cast Microsoft as the bad guy who'd stop at nothing to hook its customers' bank accounts up to an intravenous drip is just too much. Taking such a large cut just for distributing software is no more generous a policy than any coming out of Microsoft. Everyone is rooting for the hackers to win.
Getting Warmer
Apple, welcome to Microsoft's world! This is an environment in which you have to support thousands of developers of varying quality, and all sorts of apps, well made or not. Some of these developers make you look good, but others end up trashing your reputation. And despite your best efforts to monetize what they do, it's not always possible. The elegant simplicity of your platform just makes hacking easier. There is no such thing as real security. All you can do is throw up roadblocks—which, by the way, make it harder for both crooks and law-abiding citizens to drive on your roads.
Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high, for the wax holding the feathers on the wings they were using to escape their island prison would melt in the sun. But the young man wouldn't heed his father and, reveling in his new power, passed his sire and kept going. When the wax warmed enough, the feathers fell apart, and he dropped into the sea.
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After having lost nearly 70 pounds over the past 1 1/2 yrs, 20 of them since January (when I joined a gym), I am BORED OUT OF MY MIND at the gym and am on the verge of quitting. You might say that I just need to switch-up my routine, but I have already done that several times and feel as though there is nothing left to switch to (Planet Fitness is a VERY basic gym). I have not quit going to the gym but have definitely started to slack off some. When I DO go, I am having to push myself extremely hard to finish my goal for the visit. THIS IS INCREDIBLY HARD, and I know I won't be able to keep it up. Fortunately, I'm not in bad shape now at 5'4" and 135 lbs., but I really had plans on losing another 10-15 lbs. I definitely DO NOT want to lose the progress I've made.
I have no clue what I can do outside of the gym that will be just as effective as the machines at the gym. Maybe I could just get an exercise partner at the gym, but I'm afraid the boredom will only come back or never go away, even with a gym partner. I hate to run. Brisk walking doesn't burn enough calories. Racquetball or tennis would be great, but a partner is needed and who will do that 4-5+ times per week? I'm OUT OF IDEAS and SCARED TO DEATH! Someone PLEASE have a good answer for me...I would be very grateful!
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I just found out about the Rinkside site (it is so amazingly awesome!!!), and I spent a very happy afternoon watching some classic programs that I hadn't seen in years. Here are some thoughts that came to my mind:
--Katarina's "Carmen" has to be the best artistic program I've ever seen. The choreography to the music was just spectacular. I was surprised it didn't receive any 6.0's. However, I was really surprised to see that she only did two kinds of jumps (toe & salchow; she doubled the loop).
--Also from the '88 Olympics, Midori Ito was technically SO much better than anybody else! She did 7 triples compared to everybody else's 4 or 5. AND she performed every kind of triple (minus the axel) as well as a triple toe-triple toe combination. She should've gotten 6.0's for her technical mark. Her program would still be competitive today. Midori was truly a wonder.
--I always thought Oksana Baiul's winning performance at the World Championships was clean. But I was surprised to see that she clearly two-footed her double axel at the end. Plus she didn't do any combination at all. Her choreography was quite good, however. I think perhaps she turned pro before really realizing her full potential, especially on the technical side. I remember her doing a beautiful triple salchow-double loop combo at a practice at the Olympics; I don't know why she didn't do one in an actual performance.
--Back to Katarina. Her Cincinnati World performance was probably her best technically. She landed 5 triples (2 toes, 2 salchows, 1 loop), and I remember reading in "Inside Edge" than one of them had a slightly flawed landing, but they sure looked clean to me. She clearly outskated Debi Thomas, who skated very well right before landing 5 triples but Debi two-footed her loop. It's the best I've ever seen Katarina jump.
Anyways, I recommend Rinkside for everyone. It's a great program to relive some amazing skating.


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IN THE CROSSHAIRS Ninety-five percent of Lyme
cases are reported in 13 states, one of which is Maine.
With the prevalence of Lyme disease on the rise in Southern Maine and spring just around the corner (traditionally a high-risk time of year for coming in contact with disease-ridden ticks), the Falmouth-based non-profit health center True North is holding a community conference this weekend geared toward educating practitioners and the public about how to prevent and treat Lyme. Despite its increasing profile — Lyme is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States — many people, including doctors, remain unfamiliar with the disease.
"I was one of those physicians four or five years ago that really had no clue," says Sunny Raleigh, doctor of osteopathic medicine at True North and Ticked Off! conference organizer. "The bull's eye on my left flank was a real eye-opener for me."
That's right; Raleigh developed Lyme herself just last summer. Since then, she says she's become much more "Lyme-literate," going as far as to host physician roundtables every couple of months to talk about challenging cases, potential treatments, and more. This weekend's event will be an amped-up version of those gatherings, featuring a Friday evening dinner discussion for prescribing practitioners followed by a full slate of public presentations on Saturday, March 8. Attendees can learn how to modify their backyard landscapes and behaviors to protect against tick bites, dietary strategies for managing chronic Lyme disease, and best practices for treating Lyme and its co-infections.
The Centers for Disease Control says more than 25,000 Americans will develop Lyme in 2014; in 2012, more than 1100 cases were reported to the Maine CDC. Just 43 percent of Lyme cases in Maine are accompanied by the classic bull's eye rash — other symptoms include flu-like complaints (like fatigue or headaches) or neurological problems.
With the conference, Raleigh hopes to "stimulate the conversation and raise awareness so people don't justify their symptoms for months and years and never fully feel...alive again."
Admission to Ticked Off! is $50. For more information or to register visit truenorthhealthcenter.org.
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Into that same black night, almost, indeed, into the very same layer of starlit air,
Katharine Hilbery was now gazing, although not with a view to the prospects of a
fine day for duck shooting on the morrow. She was walking up and down a gravel
path in the garden of Stogdon House, her sight of the heavens being partially
intercepted by the light leafless hoops of a pergola. Thus a spray of clematis
would completely obscure Cassiopeia, or blot out with its black pattern myriads of
miles of the Milky Way. At the end of the pergola, however, there was a stone
seat, from which the sky could be seen completely swept clear of any earthly
interruption, save to the right, indeed, where a line of elm-trees was beautifully
sprinkled with stars, and a low stable building had a full drop of quivering silver
just issuing from the mouth of the chimney. It was a moonless night, but the light
of the stars was sufficient to show the outline of the young woman's form, and the
shape of her face gazing gravely, indeed almost sternly, into the sky. She had
come out into the winter's night, which was mild enough, not so much to look with
scientific eyes upon the stars, as to shake herself free from certain purely
terrestrial discontents. Much as a literary person in like circumstances would
begin, absent-mindedly, pulling out volume after volume, so she stepped into the
garden in order to have the stars at hand, even though she did not look at them.
Not to be happy, when she was supposed to be happier than she would ever be
again--that, as far as she could see, was the origin of a discontent which had
begun almost as soon as she arrived, two days before, and seemed now so
intolerable that she had left the family party, and come out here to consider it by
herself. It was not she who thought herself unhappy, but her cousins, who
thought it for her. The house was full of cousins, much of her age, or even
younger, and among them they had some terribly bright eyes. They seemed
always on the search for something between her and Rodney, which they
expected to find, and yet did not find; and when they searched, Katharine
became aware of wanting what she had not been conscious of wanting in
London, alone with William and her parents. Or, if she did not want it, she missed
it. And this state of mind depressed her, because she had been accustomed
always to give complete satisfaction, and her self-love was now a little ruffled.
She would have liked to break through the reserve habitual to her in order to
justify her engagement to some one whose opinion she valued. No one had
spoken a word of criticism, but they left her alone with William; not that that would
have mattered, if they had not left her alone so politely; and, perhaps, that would
not have mattered if they had not seemed so queerly silent, almost respectful, in
her presence, which gave way to criticism, she felt, out of it.
Looking now and then at the sky, she went through the list of her cousins' names:
Eleanor, Humphrey, Marmaduke, Silvia, Henry, Cassandra, Gilbert, and Mostyn--
Henry, the cousin who taught the young ladies of Bungay to play upon the violin,
was the only one in whom she could confide, and as she walked up and down
beneath the hoops of the pergola, she did begin a little speech to him, which ran
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Another Exotic Traditional! It fits me perfectly :)
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I got -
You scored 39 popularity, 37 history, 43 creativity, and 50 texture
Which I find a little odd as I don'y like changing the spelling of names at all!!
But my tastes are definitely toward the unusual, 'hippie' like names.
July 4th, 2013 01:47 AM #22
I got...
You scored 49 popularity, 38 history, 36 creativity, and 74 texture!
You like uncommon, fresh-sounding names that still aren't too weird and have a foot firmly on the ground. Using a boyish name for a girl, or a name that's been slipping into androgyny for a boy sounds a bit offbeat, but at least you're not making up a name, or mispelling it, you're just challenging gender rules. Other categories with names you might like are: Exotic Traditional, Legendary, Youneek, Biblical The naming style most unlike yours is Princes and Princesses. You likely find these names to be too sweet, foofy and sparkly. It's not likely you'll find many names to agree on with somone who has that naming style.~ Catholic. College. Communicative Disorders. ~~(updated 11/3/15)
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~♀ ~ Alice Georgina ~ Aurora Seraphina ~ Elizabeth "Elska" Cecilia ~ Genevieve Astrid ~ Juliet Sunniva ~
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Exotic Traditional
You scored 46 popularity, 60 history, 36 creativity, and 81 texture!
my opposite is Tryndee names.
I agree with this.♥Mckinley Mayfair, Christian Wayne & Sir Angus Fionn♥
Elizabeth, Adelaide, Clara, Amelia, Arabella, Beatrice, Cordelia,
Hermione, Imogen, Juniperthe rest of the girls
William, Edgar, Arthur, Gilbert, Jasper, Basil, Henry, Horatio, Sebastian, Aloysiusthe rest of the boys
Lyra Primrose, Amelia Hyacinth, Emmeline Bronte/ Magnus Frey, Julian Mackenzie, Sebastian Lakethe rest of my combos


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Hundreds of thousands of activists are expected to take to the streets in Hong Kong today in a new call for democracy.
The demonstration comes on the seventh anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule.
Organisers expect 300,000 people to join in a march through the city to Government offices and call on Beijing to grant electoral reforms to Hong Kong. The rally follows a July 1 protest last year where an unprecedented 500,000 people demonstrated against an unpopular anti-subversion bill. Many feared that the bill would curtail free speech in the city of 6.8 million.
This march will be seen in the light of April's ruling by China against a long-cherished transition to full democracy by the time the territory's next chief executive has to be selected in 2007.
The move was seen as the final nail in the coffin of democracy campaigners' hopes for a transition to direct elections, and fuelled a highly charged political atmosphere.
Democrats were called traitors by Beijing, and Chinese leaders were accused of orchestrating a campaign of intimidation by hiring local thugs to threaten and attack democracy figures.
"We still have to let them know that we are not giving up the fight," said Joseph Cheng, convener of Power for Democracy, an umbrella group for democratic parties.
Martin Lee, the international face of the city's struggle for democracy, said this year's turnout would reflect the city's desire to elect its leaders freely.
"People will be going because they want democracy," he said.
The build-up to the protest has seen pro-democracy and pro-China officials tone down their rhetoric in an attempt to attract voters in September elections, according to analysts.
"The political stakes have changed," said Sonny Lo, professor of politics at Hong Kong University.
The move was seen as the final nail in the coffin of democracy campaigners' hopes for a transition to direct elections.
"Both sides are now trying to win over the hearts and minds of moderates - the people who can swing an election."
That strategy includes moderating previously militant stances on today's rally - China is welcoming it as a "celebration of the handover", while democrats have dropped their contentious "give power back to the people" slogan - in order to win over undecided electors. "
The stakes in September are high.
If democrats make strong gains, as expected, the Beijing-appointed local government could find itself in gridlock as a non-partisan chamber challenges its every policy proposal.
If not, China gets an easy run in the city for the next four years.


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Broncos will bring the heat
Boise State will use a balanced attack to overwhelm Nevada, and complete an undefeated season.
Boise will look to remain one of only five unbeaten teams in the nation and stay in contention for a BCS bowl berth. The Broncos likely would need one of the higher ranked teams -- particularly Cal or Texas -- to lose as well, but there is an outside scenario that has them surpassing Cal in the BCS standings.
Who: Boise State (10) vs. Nevada
When: Sat., 7:45 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Where: Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV
Boise State's has a solid defense, but its offense is the story. Fueled by first-year starting quarterback Jared Zabransky, Boise boasts the nation's top scoring offense with an average of 48.9 points per game. Zabransky is a dual-threat, who can beat you with his arms or his legs. RB Lee Marks paces the ground game with 720 rushing yards, and WR T.J. Acree is Zabransky's favorite target with six touchdowns and 683 yards on 39 receptions.
Nevada hasn't beaten the Broncos since 1998, when the two teams were a part of the Big West Conference. In order to snap that streak and pull off what would be a devastating upset for Boise, coach Chris Ault's "Air Wolf" offense must be hitting on all cylinders. Nevada, which ranks 22nd nationally in passing offense, can use its spread attack to neutralize the Broncos' athletic advantage in this game.
If star RB Chance Kretschmer returns from injury (ankle) as expected, the Pack also have the balance necessary to keep the Boise State defense honest. The problem will be keeping the Broncos' offense out of the end zone, as the Pack rank 98th in the country in scoring defense, allowing 32.3 points per game.
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Front-end estimates of costs and benefits typically used to support decisions on projects are considerably inaccurate, Bent Flyvbjerg, an international expert in the management of major projects, says in a new paper.
ŌĆ£Estimates are commonly poor predictors of the actual value and viability of projects and cannot be trusted as the basis for informed decision making,ŌĆØ Flyvbjerg, a professor in the University of OxfordŌĆÖs Sa├»d Business School, writes. ŌĆ£These forecasts frequently misinform decision makers on projects instead of informing them. Some of the inaccuracy comes from genuine forecasting mistakes arising from overoptimism, but some estimates are deliberately misleading, designed to secure financial or political support for a project.ŌĆØ
Flyvbjerg goes further, calling many forecasts ŌĆ£garbageŌĆØŌĆömoreover, expensive garbage, both in terms of the fees of the consultancy firms involved and the costs and risks to investors and other stakeholders arising from errors and misrepresentations.
Flyvbjerg says clients should ask for their money back when they receive reports that prove to be significantly inaccurate and misleading. In some cases, he urges clients to seek compensation and even pursue criminal action.
ŌĆ£Merely firing the forecaster may be letting them off too easily,ŌĆØ Flyvbjerg says. ŌĆ£Some forecasts are so grossly misrepresented and have such dire consequences that we need to consider suing them for the losses incurred as a result. In a few cases where forecasters foreseeably produce deceptive forecasts, criminal penalties may be warranted.ŌĆØ
Flyvbjerg calls upon professional organizations to use their codes of ethics to penalize and possibly exclude members who produce forecasts unethically and chastises associations for failing to address the issue adequately.
ŌĆ£This needs to be debated openly within the relevant professional organizations,ŌĆØ Flyvbjerg says. ŌĆ£Malpractice in project management should be taken as seriously as malpractice in other professions, like medicine and law.ŌĆØ
FlyvbjergŌĆÖs paper offers an eight-point due-diligence plan for those reviewing project forecasts.
ŌĆ£Whether forecasters are unwittingly or deliberately underestimating the costs, completion times, and risks of projects and overestimating their benefits, we need to have a systematic basis for evaluating their findings in order to make informed investment decisions,ŌĆØ Flyvbjerg says. ŌĆ£Given the high cost of major infrastructure projects, the irreversibility of decisions, and the limited availability of resources, this is clearly critical for both public-sector and private-sector projects. Significantly more accurate forecasts can be produced by looking at the evidence available from previous similar projects which have been already completedŌĆöwhat I call taking an ŌĆśoutside view.ŌĆÖ This seems so simple, but in practice, it is transformative and leads to much more accurate forecasting.ŌĆØ
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently adopted FlyvbjergŌĆÖs methodology for a $98.5 billion high-speed rail system in California, the most expensive civil construction project in U.S. history.
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Hot off the press, in the AP story about Michele's withdrawal from Nationals:
-quote - Kwan must prove to the federation by Jan. 16 that she is fit enough to be selected for the Olympic team. The members of the team must be submitted to the Turin organizing committee by Jan. 30. -unquote-
Here's the $64K Question -- Will this be televised? Wanna place your bets? Even if not officially televised, you can bet that every 'Good Morning America' and 'Fox & Friends' camera will be at the rink on the 16th (or whenever this demonstration by Michelle takes place). Geraldo Rivera will don skates! Let the carnival begin!


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Hello, Sunscreen! Do I know you?:
By Huijing Y., with contributions from Hannah Gibson and Chahana P.
When summer comes, people like to visit beaches and enjoy outdoor activities. Sunscreen becomes indispensable for people to protect their skin from sun damage and skin cancer. As consumers, we determine what sunscreens to use and buy. Do the public/consumers know enough information about sunscreens? Do they actually protect our skin? Let's find out.
To investigate how much people know about sunscreen, we distributed a survey to approximately 60 people. 33 responded. Most were high school students. Some were teachers or adults from non-profit organizations. Their ages range from 15 to 40.
Here is a summary of our survey results:
According to our survey, 76% of the respondents use sunscreen. It is a good sign that the majority of people are aware of the harm of being exposed to sunlight. So they take their first action and start to use sunscreen. However, most of the respondents do not use the sunscreen when it is cloudy or cold outside; indicating that people do not believe that they could still be harmed by UV when it is cloudy or cold.
Let's talk about how much people know about sunscreen. Half of the respondents state that they know what the SPF is. But none of the respondents could write it out in this 2-minute survey. In fact, SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. It refers to the theoretical amount of time you can stay in the sun without getting sunburned. For instance, if your skin starts to redden in 10 minutes without using sunscreen, applying a sunscreen with SPF 15 increases that time by a factor of 15, indicating you could stay in the sun for 150 minutes. Also, a higher SPF blocks out more UVB: a product with SPF 15 could filter out around 93%, a product with SPF 30 filters out around 97%.
It seems like higher SPF means better protection for your skin. 59% of respondents believe higher SPF would provide more for their skin. In fact, there is not enough evidence to prove that higher SPF provides better protection since the amount of skin protection depends on how sunscreen is used. For example, the longer sunscreen stays on the skin, the more it will be wiped off by clothes and sweat and the less skin protection it provides. Sunscreen should protect skin from UVA and UVB. But SPF is only applied to the UVB. Consumers should be aware of the ingredients—zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, which can protect skin from UVA. Above all, consumers only know basic information about sunscreen.
We found out what we can do to educate people about sunscreen. We found out most respondents buy sunscreen in a convenience store where the salespeople don't know much about sunscreen. Consumers hardly get sufficient information when they ask salespeople questions about sunscreen. Also, salespeople in cosmetic stores are considered to be professionals. Consumers are likely to trust what they say about the sunscreen. However not all salespeople in cosmetic stores understand how to use sunscreen properly and how to choose a good sunscreen. Based on this, we propose these tips for consumers looking to buy sunscreen.
- Find credible articles online about SPF and sunscreen protection.
- Read the ingredients on the product before buying it.
- Ask your family doctor how to use sunscreen properly and effectively.
Now we know sunscreen. Next time you see some, say out loud, "Hey sunscreen, how's it going?"
Sunscreen Talk: What is really in our sunscreen?
By Rakeb Girma, Teya Stevens, Venus Montgomery, and Hannah Gibson
On November 7th we called Neutrogena and asked them three questions regarding our sunscreen experiment and sunscreen regulations. After a long wait and one crazy story to tell(a whole other story), we talked with a representative named Geoff. The first question we asked was "What is the highest effective SPF value?" In reply the Neutrogena representative said the highest effective SPF value is 100 because that is the highest allowed by the FDA. In reality, the highest approved SPF value is 50. "The FDA now says that there is no legitimate evidence to suggest that anything above SPF 50 will provide increased protection (Wazer, 2011, Why You Don't Have To Wear SPF 100 Anymore)." Another question we asked the representative was, "What is the difference between sunscreen and sunblock?" His response was, "Sunscreen is a chemical substance used to protect skin from UV from the sun."
Sunscreen contains many chemicals and we wanted to learn more about the sunscreen manufacturing process.
After chemists and dermatologists develop the formula for sunscreen, they make small ten gallon batches in stainless steel vats to be tested by the company and the FDA. If the sunscreen is approved, more batches of sunscreen are made in bigger vats that hold up to 1,000 gallons of sunscreen. Purified water is a key ingredient in sunscreen. Water is purified by reverse osmosis, where it is pushed through a filter that removes dissolved salts and metals. The other ingredients are then added. To make the containers, molten plastic is blown into a mold shaped like the bottle. The plastic cools to form a hollow container in the exact shape of the mold. Sometimes a bottle manufacturer stamps a logo onto the plastic while it is hot. The bottles are filled by tubes connected to the 1,000 gallon vats and capped by a capping machine.
We also wanted to learn about harmful chemicals in sunscreen.
In sunscreen there are many different types of harmful ingredients. A harmful ingredient in sunscreen is retinyl palmitate. Retinyl palmitate may cause cancer or tumor growth. If women who are pregnant use products that have retinyl palmitate in it, their unborn child may have birth defects. A second harmful ingredient in sunscreen is oxybenzone. Oxybenzone can cause hormone disruption. Oxybenzone can also cause cell damage. Another thing oxybenzone can cause is allergies. Finally, mothers who are expecting baby girls should not use products that have oxybenzone in it. When born, the baby girls would be underweight as a result.
Beach day gone wrong! Our sunscreen experiment.
By Courtney E., Nathy M., and Chahana P.
Is your skin really safe from the sun when you use sunscreen? Science Club for Girls Media Team did a full experiment to test the difference between using sunscreen and no sunscreen. In our experiment, we first began with a petri dish with a layer of Yeast-Extract Dextrose (YED), a gel-like substance that allows the yeast to grow. We then applied a UV-sensitive yeast strain on top of the gel evenly (the UV-sensitive yeast uses the YED to grow when exposed to sunlight). We decided to use UV-sensitive yeast because this particular strain has a similar structure to DNA; it repairs itself when exposed to UV radiation with sunscreen.
We marked the petri dish into four sections, each labeled with: Sun (no sunscreen), No sunscreen and sunlight, sunscreen type A, and sunscreen type B. We had one side labeled "no sunscreen and sunlight" because we wanted to see the effect of not wearing sunscreen versus having it on; we had this section covered with duct tape. The duct tape represented clothing or zero sunlight. The left sections were exposed to sunlight for about 20-30 minutes. After leaving the yeast alone for a week, the majority of the data confirms that the areas with sunscreen were more protected than the area with no sunscreen. The section that was covered with duct tape was able to grow yeast even though it was covered.
In conclusion, our skin needs sunscreen because it protects us. Not using sunscreen can make our cells unrepairable due to the UV-radiation damage. Next time you head for the beach, apply sunblock!
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