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TIPS is an abbreviation for a procedure that helps correct blood flow problems in the liver. It stands for:
TIPS is a method to decrease high blood pressure in the vein that brings blood into your child's liver (hepatic portal vein). This vein carries blood to your child's liver from the esophagus, stomach and intestines. High blood pressure in this vein (portal hypertension) can lead to serious problems with bleeding in these other organs.
In TIPS, doctors connect your child's portal vein to one of the veins that carry blood from the liver to the heart (hepatic veins). The connection is called a shunt. The shunt means some blood from your child's portal vein doesn't have to pass through the liver. Instead, the blood goes straight to the hepatic vein. Because less blood has to enter the liver, the pressure in the portal vein goes down.
Before TIPS, your child gets general anesthesia. The doctor makes a small cut (incision) in your child's groin or neck. A thin tube (catheter) is put through the incision into a large vein. The doctor threads the catheter through your child's network of veins to their liver. Using the catheter, the doctor makes a tunnel through the liver. The tunnel connects the portal and hepatic veins. A mesh tube (stent) made of metal is placed in the tunnel to hold it open so blood can flow through.
The process is guided by an X-ray. It's done by an interventional radiologist, and it takes three to four hours.
TIPS is done most often for children who have liver disease leading to liver failure and who are waiting for a transplant. Liver disease may raise the pressure in the portal vein, usually because scarring in the liver slows down blood flow through this organ.
High pressure in the portal vein can make blood back up in the veins of your child's esophagus, stomach and intestines. Extra blood makes the veins swell. Swollen veins (varices) raise the risk that your child will bleed in these organs, which can be serious.
High pressure in the portal vein can also make fluid build up in your child's belly (ascites) or chest (hydrothorax). This can cause swelling of the belly and make it hard to breathe.
TIPS lowers the pressure in the portal vein, so it lowers your child's risk of bleeding or having fluid build-up. Your child might need TIPS if they have already had one or both of these problems. TIPS helps prevent the problems from happening again.
Instead of using the TIPS method, a surgeon can make an incision in your child's belly (open surgery) and surgically connect the splenic vein (a branch of the portal vein) to the renal vein coming from the kidney, which then flows directly back to the heart without having to go through the liver. This method of making a shunt doesn't use a stent, so children who have this method do not need procedures later to widen a narrow stent. Open surgery may be a better option than TIPS for some children - mainly those who will need their shunt for the rest of their life.
Some children cannot have the open surgery because of how poorly their liver works. TIPS gives these children an option while they wait for a liver transplant. For some children, TIPS works well enough that they don't need a transplant as urgently as before. Another benefit of TIPS is that your child will probably recover faster than they would from open surgery.
Seattle Children's has the only liver program and only liver transplant program in the Northwest especially for children. We are also the only hospital in the Northwest that does TIPS for children.
Using this method, we have lowered portal hypertension and bleeding for many patients. Sometimes their condition becomes stable for a long time and we can delay the need for a transplant.
Dennis W. Shaw, MD, performs TIPS at Children's.
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GAINESVILLE - More than 58,000 service members in the country made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War and about 1,600 remain missing in action. To recognize the efforts of those who served, Governor Rick Scott has deemed March 30th "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" in Florida.
We talked to some of the service members here in our area. Throughout our history, courageous men and women have worn the uniform of our armed forces; during their service some have been wounded, while others have died in battle. The state of Florida is home to nearly 500,000 Vietnam-era vets.
An official proclamation from Governor Rick Scott has turned March 30th into "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." On Sunday, the University of Florida took part in recognizing these vets during the Gator baseball game against LSU.
During the game, these vets were welcomed home. Bob Barnas, Vietnam Veterans of Alachua County Chapter president said, "Well it was long time coming and we're all happy that it's come, but we need to get the word out so more people know next year."
Some of the men from the Vietnam Veterans of America Alachua County Chapter 1092 had the opportunity to go to Tallahassee and be honored during this official day.
Vietnam veteran Paul Albritton said, "Well I am glad that Governor Scott decided to recognize us and welcome us home. When I came home in 1970 to Washington, D.C. there wasn't exactly a welcoming committee there to greet me."
The Alachua county chapter was started about two months ago; the current members hope to build unforgettable bonds with other service members in the community--seeing they all have one thing in common, Vietnam.
Fred Judkins, a member of the chapter said, "It's just a wonderful thing... it's good for the heart." The resolution was passed in order to provide these veterans with the chance at a proper welcome, something many vets are grateful for. "Well Vietnam really lacked a lot of support from the nation and it's difficult for the men who go in battles not have the support of the people back home. Being professionals, we all devoted ourselves to our duty in spite of the reluctance of the people back home," added Judkins.
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Spanning 60 acres east of Studemont, between Washington and Memorial, lies Glenwood Cemetery, the final resting place for a who's who of Houston families. Names such as Binz, Cooley, Elgin, Foley, Hermann, Hofheinz, Hobby and Jones all can be found here. Perhaps the most famous people interred at Glenwood are Hollywood celebs Gene Tierney, famous for her role as Laura in the movie of the same name; Maria Gable, wife of Clark; and Howard Hughes, the eccentric billionaire businessman and heir to his father's tool company. The sprawling, hilly grounds were first laid out in 1871 by an Englishman named Alfred Whitaker. Upon entering, you'll see a Victorian-era cottage, which is the caretaker's residence. Gothic monuments, along with examples of Greek and Roman revival style, abound in the carefully manicured lots. And, of course, the place is rumored to be haunted.
Houston's signature waterway has been a murky mystery since before the Allen brothers followed it upstream and planted the future Space City on its banks. But at least back then its green-brown waters were clear of the flotsam and jetsam of modern civilization. Starting this summer, a vessel called The Mighty Tidy is aiming to rectify the situation. It cruises the bayou five days a week from Shepherd to the East Loop, scooping up tons of floating garbage. It's also equipped with attachments to pick trash off the bayou banks and out of overhanging trees. Credit its unusual colors to those zany Art Guys, Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing, who turned the quarter-million-dollar boat into a flamingo-pink nautical vacuum cleaner.
Talk about perfect timing. On June 26, just two days before the 25th anniversary of Houston's Pride Parade, the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down Texas's homosexual sodomy law by a 6-3 vote. The law, which outlawed sodomy only when practiced by gays, was challenged by two Houston men named John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, who were arrested in 1998 when police discovered them having sex in Lawrence's apartment. Speaking for the court, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy declared, "The state cannot demean [homosexuals'] existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime." While conservative Justice Antonin Scalia said the court had "taken sides in the culture war" and had "largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda," activists across the country pooh-poohed him and gathered to celebrate. At a City Hall rally in Houston, Ray Hill, a longtime local warrior for gay rights, happily declared, "We can't -- by this decision -- ever go back."
Alicia Lee's son is a resident at Willow River Farms, a division of the nonprofit Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation. Every fall the residents of this Brookshire, Texas, facility made fruitcakes. That is, until Barbara Bush, for whom Lee had once volunteered at the White House, suggested they expand their repertoire to include gingersnaps. Six years ago, Lee sent a tin of Willow River Farms gingersnaps to Bush at Kennebunkport. The former first lady liked them so much, she sent out tins to all of her friends at Christmastime. Since then Lee has also added mouthwatering cheese snaps to the Farms' list of offerings. The cookies sell for between $15 and $25 a tin. And last year, Lee sold $215,000 worth of treats. The proceeds have paid for electronic doors for wheelchair residents, extra hospital beds and clinic refurbishing. Get your holiday orders in now.
If it's September, it must be Stanton Welch -- as artistic director of Houston Ballet, that is. But it was a long good-bye for now-emeritus artistic director Ben Stevenson. He first resigned back in February 2002, but a change of heart kept him here through June 2003. Well, in spirit at least. Stevenson wasn't around much after he resigned a second time and the board selected Welch as his replacement in January of this year. Other assignments, most notably with the Dallas-Fort Worth ballet, kept him on the road. It will be interesting to see what sort of continued presence Stevenson has at HB and how that will affect Welch's direction of the company. It's a tough job to take over from a living legend.
We like our quotes short, to the point and all-encompassing, and Dave Hickey's definition of Tex-Mex fills the bill on all three counts. In the Houston Press issue of December 26, 2002, in an attempt to clarify an earlier pithy quote ("Rock and roll is like Mexican food. As it improves in quality it stops being what it is"), the Texas-born critic said he meant to say Tex-Mex, not Mexican food. What's more, he likes Tex-Mex more than the stuff from across the Rio Grande. "My commitment is to Tex-Mex," he told the Press. "Which I define as the absence of fucking vegetables."


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Chilled Veal Roast with Herbes de Provence and Fennel Salad
Marcia Kiesel uses Picholine olives and herbes de Provence to give this luscious cold roast a distinctly southern French feel.
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- One 2 1/2-pound boneless veal leg roast
- 1/4 cup Picholine olives, pitted and chopped
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large scallion, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 3 1/2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 2 fennel bulbs—very thinly sliced on a mandoline, soaked in ice water for 1 hour and drained
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
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Preheat the oven to 375°. Set the roast on a work surface. Using a sharp knife, slice the roast lengthwise about two-thirds of the way through. In a small bowl, combine the olives, 1 teaspoon of the herbes de Provence, 1 tablespoon of the oil and the scallion and lemon zest. Rub the roast all over with the remaining 1 tablespoon of herbes de Provence, and season with salt and black pepper. Pack the olive mixture into the slit and tie the roast closed with butcher's twine at 2-inch intervals.
In a large ovenproof skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the veal roast and cook over moderately high heat until browned all over, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast the veal for about 30 minutes, turning once, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part registers 145°. Transfer the veal roast to a plate and let it cool to room temperature. Wrap the veal roast in plastic and refrigerate until it is chilled, at least 3 hours or overnight.
Meanwhile, set the skillet over high heat and add the wine. Boil for 1 minute, scraping up any browned bits. Add 1/4 cup of water and boil for 30 seconds. Remove the skillet from the heat and pour in any accumulated juices from the cooling veal. Let the pan sauce cool to room temperature. Stir in 1 tablespoon of the oil and 1/2 tablespoon of the lemon juice and season with salt and black pepper.
In a bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and the garlic; season with salt and black pepper. Pat the fennel dry with paper towels and add to the bowl with the tomatoes and parsley. Toss well.
Remove the twine from the veal. Carve the roast into 1/3-inch-thick slices and transfer to plates. Spoon the pan sauce over the meat and serve the fennel salad alongside.
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The cooked veal and pan sauce can be refrigerated separately for up to 2 days. Serve the veal lightly chilled and the pan sauce at room temperature.
Suggested Pairing
Serve it with an equally cool Provençal rosé, which is certainly what anyone from Marseille would do.


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Harlem cheers 'Kate, Kate!' as British duchess visits child center
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cheering crowds jammed the sidewalks of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood on Monday for a peek at Britain's Duchess of Cambridge as she shook hands with black and Hispanic children outside a development center.
Chants of "Kate, Kate, Kate!" met the duchess on a frigid morning on her first trip to New York with her husband, Prince William, as she emerged from the Northside Center for Child Development.
The trip by the royal couple, expecting their second child in April, comes as New York faces nightly protests against police violence that could raise security concerns despite no major violence so far.
Accompanied by New York City's first lady, Chirlane McCray, the duchess wrapped gifts with children and joked that she hoped to wrap a square package because it would be easier.
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Enhancing acoustic emission signals from multi-cylinder diesel engine
Wu, Weiliang, Tan, Andy, & Kim, Eric (2010) Enhancing acoustic emission signals from multi-cylinder diesel engine. In 6th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 6), 12-15 December 2010, Perth, Western Australia.
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This paper presents techniques which can be viewed as pre-processing step towards diagnosis of faults in a small size multi-cylinder diesel engine. Preliminary analysis of the acoustic emission (AE) signals is outlined, including time-frequency analysis, selection of optimum frequency band. Some results of applying mean field independent component analysis (MFICA) to separate the AE root mean square (RMS) signals are also outlined. The results on separation of RMS signals show this technique has the potential of increasing the probability to successfully identify the AE events associated with the various mechanical events.
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Brazilian media earlier reported that ZTE's factory in Hortlandia, Sao Paulo, will begin producing iPhones and iPads as early as the Christmas holidays this year. ZTE denied the rumors and said the factory is primarily aimed at satisfying fast-growing demand for ZTE products in Latin America, and that in 2012 ZTE Brazil will mainly focus on its own brands.
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She can apparate into and out of Hogwarts when it should be impossible.
She can randomly apparate to wherever Harry is when he's in trouble, though she doesn't know who he is.
She has caught Dumbledore's attention as an exceedingly powerful witch, yet she seems to be unaware of it.
Abused, regularly beaten and treated like dirt on the bottom of her Master's shoe, Robyn (as she often called herself) only had the letter of an unknown person to shred some light on who she is. But when she finds her life is twisted with another's whom she is to protect, what will happen?
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The battle to win votes in rural America is closer than expected and rural voters will play a critical roll in determining the outcome of the 2004 presidential election, according to a poll of rural voters in the most hotly contested states.
A Place in the Country is a one-hour television documentary, narrated by Ray Suarez, that examines the impact of seven rural community development organizations located throughout the United States.
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In 2003 the Center for Rural Strategies and thousands of other individuals and organizations across the country stopped CBS Television from producing "The Real Beverly Hillbillies," a proposed reality show based on the old situation comedy. The idea was to find a poor rural family, move them to a Hollywood mansion, and make a reality TV show out of their encounters with affluence and hip culture.
All communities, no matter how poor they might seem, have assets they can invest in themselves. "Donors Ourselves" is the story of how people in two very different places – East Africa and East Tennessee – built on their assets of leadership, local knowledge, and capital to create a brighter future for their communities.
The Center for Rural Strategies produced, as part of the Rural Desk News Initiative, video news pieces about issues that face today's rural Americans. The videos were distributed for free to local television stations across the country, so that they could provide their viewers with compelling, accurate, and balanced information about rural issues. They were produced and aired in the fall of 2003.
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Checking up on how BP is handling calls to its oil-spill hotline, KHOU-TV spoke with one of the 100 operators at the firm's West Houston call center. She said the public's calls are "falling on deaf ears."
"Janice," as the station called her to protect her identity, answers calls coming into the "Vessel of Opportunity Program" line dedicated for cleanup ideas. She said that the calls are non-stop but that there's nothing the operators can do.
"We're a diversion to stop them from really getting to the corporate office, to the big people," she said.
Other admissions:
* "We take all your information and then we have nothing to give them, nothing to give them."
* Some don't even record the caller's concerns or name because the calls never go further. "And they just put down, type, 'blah blah blah.' No information, just 'blah blah blah.'"
* "I don't want to get emotional, but it's so frustrating when these people live right there and nothing is being done to help them."
BP officials said they have received more than 200,000 phone messages from the Houston call center. They could not say just how many calls have been returned.
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Help us, we're falling and we can't get up again.
Once upon a time -- in 1988 and 1998 to be exact -- the United States was the best country for a baby to be born and raised in, at least according to The Economist magazine.
But the 2013 edition of the magazine's "where-to-be-born" index has us down at No. 16 --tied with Germany and one spot ahead of the United Arab Emirates.
Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Sweden and Denmark --nice countries but not exactly world famous as destinations for millions of people seeking opportunity -- are ranked 1 through 5.
The Economist's annual ranking tries to quantify what country "will provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in the years ahead."
It crunches and weighs the numbers for 11 indicators -- everything from geography and demography to GDP per capita, the cost of living and future economic growth prospects. And, unfortunately for the United States, it weighs government debt.
The Economist doesn't factor a debt-related reason America will likely continue to slide in these rankings -- no one today has any confidence in our political leaders to solve our economic problems.
Our economy is stuck on a reef. Growth is too low. The prospects of a real recovery coming anytime soon are dim and getting dimmer, not brighter.
It's so bad, even illegal aliens are losing confidence in America and leaving the country. And Citigroup just announced it is laying off 11,000 employees. Obviously, its bosses don't have much hope for a better future, either.
Back in the 1980s, we had more confidence in our political leaders because they actually earned it from time to time.
When my father was in the White House and Democrats controlled Congress, both parties fought bitterly with each other.
But when it came time to work out a solution to get the economy moving forward, they sat down and cut deals to lower or simplify taxes and to ease or eliminate onerous regulations.
In the 1990s, the roles were reversed. Clinton was president, Republicans ran Congress and partisanship was fierce. But when they had to do it, the leaders of both parties worked out a way to balance the budget and reform welfare.
In the old days, conservatives and liberals -- loyal R's and die-hard D's -- buried their hatchets and ultimately found a way to work together.
Today, we don't seem to even want both parties to cooperate. We demonize the other side so much we can't imagine ever working with them to fix the Capitol building's roof, much less the economy.
Fast-forward to 2012. Does anyone have confidence in our leaders to work together to pull the Supertanker of State off the reef, much less turn it around?
We know what makes America work better for everyone today and in the future -- or we used to. It's when government is smaller and the private sector is bigger, not vice versa.
The American people have lost confidence in their leaders for good reasons. Politicians from both parties in Washington have to join to clean up the economic mess they created or that confidence will never be restored.
If they don't do it soon, being ranked No. 16 on The Economist's "best place to be born" index will look pretty good to our grandkids.
Michael Reagan is the son of President Ronald Reagan, a political consultant, and the author of "The New Reagan Revolution" (St. Martin's Press). He is the founder and chairman of The Reagan Group and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation
Good Joke, Bill. No one could be so stupid to actually believe what you're implying.
Going to run for mayor again?
How can this be? Unemployment is down to 7.7% there has to be tax $ just pouring into the IRS. $ being spent on welfare, ADC, food stamps, Sec 8 housing,unemployment, disability and medicade must be dropping off to nothing by now?
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Tensions between Twitter and Instagram, the photo-enhancing social network site, have increased with a new stand-off.
Instagram, owned by Facebook, has restricted the way its pictures, known as 'cards', are displayed on the microblogging service.
Instagram, which has rocketed in popularity since Facebook bought it in April, altered the feature meaning pictures appear on Twitter badly cropped or deleted.
The relationship between the two has soured since Facebook bought Instagram for a billion US dollars (£620 million).
Instagram chief executive Kevin Systom said the site would remain integrated with Twitter but users would be directed to "where the content lives originally".
He told the Metro: "We want that to be Instagram.com because that is a better user experience."
He added: "This decision is definitely coming from me. This is not a case of Facebook putting some sort of policy on Instagram. And this isn't a case of us getting acquired."
The move appeared to be a tit-for-tat retaliation after Twitter disabled the "find my Twitter friends" feature on Instagram in the summer.
Instagram's fame came with its photograph framing service in which a range of filters can be used to improve an image.
Twitter is said to be working on its own photo application which is likely to provide a similar service.
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Of course, that would be a much bigger problem for Apple if the company were in the business of selling products. It's not. What Apple sells is an ecosystem – an intertwined set of products and services that work together to fulfill a customer's every need, from the online store where you buy the song to the MP3 player that lets you hear it. The iPhone 5 is but one animal in that ecosystem.
"While the new hardware may not quite stack up against other products expected in market, it is Apple's ability to create stylish, desirable products attached to a rich set of services that it hopes can still set it apart to create differentiation," David McQueen, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, said following the launch of the new phone.
That's why, despite the more than 50 lawsuits it has launched against its South Korean rival, Apple's biggest competitor isn't Samsung. Instead, Apple's long-term struggle for supremacy is against companies such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon – tech giants that are also trying to woo consumers with multiplatform solutions.
Just as Microsoft's goal with the Xbox gaming system is to gain a foothold in living-room entertainment and get consumers to purchase media through the Xbox's virtual store, Apple's iPhone is designed in large part to convince customers to spend their entertainment money through other Apple services. For the most part, that strategy has worked wonders – Apple now boasts some 400 million active iTunes accounts, each one tied to a credit card number.
That's why Apple has shied away from the kind of risk-taking that resulted in the original iPhone. To shake up the industry with another unexpected, revolutionary product would be to mess with a larger ecosystem of products that now drives a reliable and superlatively large revenue stream. It is now in Apple's best interests to improve, not innovate.
The challenge of being No. 1
Of course, in the unpredictable world of high tech, there are risks to being the incumbent. Apple need only look to the company it dethroned in the smartphone industry. For years, RIM dominated with its business-oriented BlackBerrys, and scoffed at Apple's attempts to introduce smartphones to the everyday consumer. Today, the BlackBerry maker is suffering mightily for playing it safe.
The tech industry is also rife with examples of companies that became too comfortable and were unable to move into new industries. Microsoft, whose Windows operating system once relegated Apple to the sidelines in the desktop wars, was so well-established in that market that it arrived very late to the mobile party, even as more and more consumers ditched desktops for smartphones and tablets.
Now, as Apple occupies in the mobile world the same top spot Microsoft occupied in desktop software, there's no guarantee it won't fail to react quickly enough to the next big tech industry transition, whatever it may be.
The original iPhone overturned mobile industry norms, and was even more revolutionary because it came from a company that was not a traditional wireless player. It was the device to popularize touch-screen phones for the masses, and in the process caught RIM – the company that basically invented the smartphone – completely off guard. But with each iteration, the iPhone has become less revolutionary, as Apple settles into a broader strategy of refining existing products.
"Apple is in maintenance mode right now – it's tweaking its successful model so it can continue to sell tens of millions of these devices," says Kevin Restivo, a mobile device analyst with global research firm IDC. In Apple's defence, nobody else in the smartphone industry is currently creating any kind of groundbreaking innovation. In fact, Apple is so convinced that its rivals are simply stealing its own innovations that it is currently taking most of those rivals to court.Report Typo/Error
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Does somebody know its weight?
It is written in the "Note" than the battery is not include but then in the "Features" than the battery is include??
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Now, let me tell you, one of the greatest things about working at the radio station is the fact that we get free lunch sometimes. And who doesn't like free lunch? Today, Wendy's hooked us up with their brand new Wendy's Flatbread Grilled Chicken Asiago Ranch and Flatbread Grilled Chicken Smoky Honey Mustard sandwiches. Here's a hint about me: put the word "ranch" in the name of anything, and I'll probably love it. For real, ranch dressing is my kryptonite. Both sandwiches were awesome, grilled to perfection, and had just the right blend of chicken, sauce, and vegetables. And the best part? They're both healthy! Seriously! Both sandwiches are high in protein, and provide fiber, potassium and iron. The Smoky Honey Mustard Sandwich is only 370 calories. Not bad for a whole tasty sandwich.
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tant factor in teaching this way, Ms.
Rhea says. What's more critical is
teaching and testing a set of basic
principles of differential calculus
that are articulated in a test called a
calculus concept inventory. This 22-
question test focuses not on whether
students can run through calculations but on whether they understand
the underlying concepts.
In 2008, Michigan gave concept
inventories to students before they
started calculus and after they finished, and calculated the difference
relative to the maximum gain they
could have made. Students in Michigan's flipped courses showed gains
at about twice the rate of those in
traditional lectures at other institutions who took the same inventories.
The students at Michigan who
fared worst—a group of 12 who
were at risk of failing the course—
showed the same gain as those who
demonstrated the largest increase in
understanding from traditional lectures elsewhere.
The attendees entered their answers on their clickers. Mr. Mazur
told them to find someone sitting
near them who had chosen a different answer and try to persuade them
that their answer was correct. The
room quickly grew noisy.
Michigan's program did not randomly assign its own students to
courses using different teaching
models, as conventional education research would dictate. But the
gains in learning that were observed
at Michigan correspond with similar findings about teaching methodologies in physics, which have been
documented by Richard R. Hake, a
professor emeritus of physics at Indiana University at Bloomington.
In fact, the project at Michigan
was modeled on similar work by
physicists, who have been among
the most innovative STEM scholars
in trying new approaches to teaching and testing the results.
One of the most outspoken physicists is Eric Mazur of Harvard University. He has been flipping courses
for 21 years using a method he calls
"peer instruction," in which students
work in small groups to answer conceptual questions during lectures.
Mr. Mazur recently established a
network of practitioners in the technique.
He began to use peer instruction
after testing his own students on the
force concept inventory, which predates the calculus concept inventory,
and which tests understanding of the
foundations of Newtonian mechanics. Despite his consistently high ratings from students, Mr. Mazur saw
that they were not learning as much
as he thought they were.
"We put a lot of emphasis on the
transfer of information," Mr. Mazur
said at a recent conference at Harvard on teaching and learning. But
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Rory McIlroy three over par after nightmare start to FedEx Cup play-offs
World number one was at one stage propping up The Barclays leaderboard in New Jersey
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to his third shot on the 13th hole during the first round of The Barclays at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey. Photograph: Hunter Martin/Getty Images
Rory McIlroy endured a nightmare start to his bid to make it four wins in a row as he reached the turn in a four-over 40 before picking up a shot on the way back in the first round at The Barclays.
The world number one came into the first leg of the four-tournament FedEx Cup play-offs as a hot favourite following victories at the Open Championship, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and US PGA Championship.
But his form deserted him during the early stages at Ridgewood Country Club as he registered a double-bogey on the 12th, his third hole, and followed that with bogeys on the 13th and 18th to leave him last of all players on the course at the time.
All of that came after he was inches away from a birdie on the par-three 10th, his first hole of the day.
He pulled a shot back on the par-four fifth but gave it back on the eighth, missing a four-foot putt to bogey. He recovered to birdie the ninth, his final hole of the day, finishing with a three-over round of 74 his first over-par round in competition since the final round of the US Open back in June.
That meant the Northern Irishman was eight shots adrift of the early lead of five under held by Cameron Tringale, Hunter Mahan, Charles Howell III, Brendon de Jonge, Ben Martin and Brendon Todd.
McIlroy, who appeared on late-night US television with Tiger Woods earlier this week, days after parading his Claret Jug at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground last weekend, said he needed to regain his focus to get back into contention.
"I'm not quite on my game, I've not quite put in the time over the last few days for obvious reasons," he said.
"I came here Monday morning, hit some balls, practiced pretty well. But I guess taking a week off and sort of getting back into it this week, I probably just needed to give myself a little bit more time," added McIlroy. "But I wasn't going to do that. I was enjoying myself." The range "I'm going to go and have some lunch and then work on the range, work on a few things, and try to catch up on some practice I've missed out on over the last week and try to be ready for tomorrow."
Looking forward to the FedEx Cup, he added: "For me, not being here for the weekend isn't an option. I've got to work hard today on the range and get out there and get off to a fast start tomorrow, and get myself back into this tournament." Well placed Graeme McDowell opened his challenge at Ridgewood Country Club with a one under par 70 while Japan's Ryo Ishikawa and Scotsman Russell Knox were both a stroke behind the early leaders after carding 67s.
The top 125 players in the standings have qualified for The Barclays, with the field being trimmed to 100 for the Deutsche Bank, 70 for the BMW and then 30 for the Tour Championship with the man finishing top of the standings claiming a $10 million bonus.


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Thanks to modern molecular technologies, many diseases can be detected quickly and reliably long before the first symptoms appear, allowing the right treatment to be started at an early stage.
Detection of latent tuberculosis (TB) is one example of the benefits of QIAGEN technologies. The World Health Organization reports that up to 2 billion people worldwide are infected with the tuberculosis pathogen. If left untreated, 5 to 10 percent of them will develop the active form of the disease during their lifetime. This means that the detection of latent TB is an important element in the fight against this infectious disease. QIAGEN's QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube® (QFT) test is regarded as the gold standard for this, and its reliability and cost-effectiveness mean that it is increasingly replacing the tuberculin skin test, which has been in use for over 110 years to detect latent TB.
Another example is the fight against cervical cancer – the second most common form of cancer in women after breast cancer. Here again, the digene HC2 HPV® Test developed by QIAGEN is the gold standard for detecting infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer. It is the only test that has been shown to be effective in almost 1 million women in clinical trials and independent studies.
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An incorrect or inaccurate diagnosis can be life-threatening for patients. That is why the reliability of the relevant tests is so important, especially when a disease has already developed. Molecular tests, the use of which is referred to as "Profiling" in this context, are in most cases far superior to conventional methods of diagnosis because of their speed and accuracy.
QIAGEN is the global leader in Profiling. It offers more than 120 methods for detecting various pathogens, including the flu virus, the HI-virus that causes AIDS, as well as hepatitis B and C viruses, which cause life-threatening diseases. QIAGEN also sells multiplexing methods that can be used to detect several different pathogens in the course of a single test run.
In order to further extend its leading position in Profiling, QIAGEN is constantly introducing innovations leading to progress in clinical practice. One of the main aspects is combining the advantages of molecular tests with the efficiency of automated systems. The success of this is demonstrated by the marketing authorizations that have been granted following stringent approval procedures, such as the recent US approval of QIAGEN's test to detect influenza viruses in combination with the Rotor-Gene Q MDx® detection platform.
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Patients often respond differently to drugs they are taking, independent of influencing factors such as age or weight. A drug that works for one patient may not work for another, or may even cause harmful reactions. It has been known for years that this is mainly due to the diversity of human genetic material. A better understanding of such differences in the human genome helps doctors to select and tailor treatments. This is the basis of personalized medicine.
Tests in Personalized Healthcare, known as companion diagnostics, are carried out once a disease has been diagnosed in order to choose the best possible treatment for the patient according to his or her individual genetic makeup. For example, many novel, targeted cancer treatments are very expensive but only work in patients with a particular genetic profile. For example, anti-EGFR inhibitor treatment for colorectal cancer only succeeds if the tumor does not have mutations in the KRAS gene. Companion diagnostics performed to guide treatment options not only improve the patient's chance of a good treatment outcome but also help make the best use of scarce healthcare resources. It is clear that the future belongs to personalized medicine.
QIAGEN is the world's leading independent provider of companion diagnostics for Personalized Healthcare. It already markets more than 30 tests for applications in this area. And it is helping science progress: QIAGEN is involved in over 15 projects researching new tests to be carried out in conjunction with treatment, working with leading pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly & Company and Pfizer. QIAGEN also established the first blockbuster segment in personalized medicine with its KRAS tests for personalization of colorectal cancer treatments.
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QIAGEN is also active in this field, and was a pioneer in Point of Need tests thanks to its portable ESEQuant systems. The ESEQuant Tube Scanner is the size of an office phone, can be run on batteries, and is able to detect multiple molecular targets in a single test run. QIAGEN has also developed the ESEQuant Lateral Flow System, a product designed for protein-based Point of Need tests.


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They say that you're as young as you feel and I'm 7 months from turning 55 (Woo hoo, senior discount at IHop!), but I don't feel a day over 25 (at least mentally)! . Driving the REX and making minor mods to it, reminds me of when I rebuild a Chevy 327 engine and installed a transmission in my '70 Camaro back in the early 80s! Anyway, here is the latest mod to the REX. I installed the LEDGLOW 2 piece 7 Color Expandable interior lights starter kit yesterday. I went with the 2 piece because I wanted to be sure that I like it and if so, I can add up to 4 more light tubes to the control unit later on.
Using the add-a-fuse connector, I tapped into the illumination fuse to power the kit. That way, they only come on when I turn on the headlights. I also hooked the ground wire to the hood release bracket, which is connected to the car's frame. I attached the control unit on the center console, close to where I can make changes to the lights' effects while driving. There's a link to a short video of the lights in action at the bottom of the post!
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Like this version better than the usual
Loved this take on a classic-putting a positive value on honesty, hard work, and thrift instead of treating them as character flaws. A must see. Actors playing Scrooge and Marley are excellent, costumes are good, and the rest of the cast is very talented. Loved the comic touches and interesting twists. Much better than the usual tired ho hum Scrooge plays this time of year.


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U.S.: After The `Soft Patch,' Firmer Ground AheadBy
So where's the collapse? Under the weight of a government shutdown, labor strikes, and the winter from hell, the January data were supposed to tumble like bowling pins.
True, the reports look weak, but readings on everything from retail sales to housing starts to industrial production have failed to cave in the way many analysts had feared. Early-bird February reports even offer glimmers of a rebound. Add in the encouraging trends in inventories and foreign trade, and the economy appears headed toward firmer ground as it crawls out of what Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan calls its "soft patch."
Growth is not so ebullient as to preclude further cuts in interest rates, however. That's especially true with January inflation remaining so tame at both the producer and the consumer levels.
The economy's softness was evident in the fourth quarter. The Commerce Dept. reported that real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of only 0.9% last quarter, down from a sturdy 3.6% pace in the third quarter. First-quarter growth could come in even worse.
But look beneath the fourth quarter's headline number and you'll see why the early first-quarter data are holding up better than expected and why the second-quarter outlook is a lot brighter.
FIRST, WHILE CONSUMER SPENDING slowed from a 2.8% pace to only 0.8%, the monthly retail sales data show that shoppers ended the fourth quarter on a solid note. January sales, while down, still began this quarter above last quarter's level. And February reports look promising.
Another big drag on fourth-quarter GDP was slower inventory growth, but that's a plus for 1996 production. Businesses have been adding to their stockpiles at a reduced rate for a year and a half (chart). The fourth-quarter pace was close to the historical norm, suggesting that the inventory adjustment is nearly finished, except for a lingering problem in the auto industry.
Also, a sharp drop in spending by the federal government overshadowed accelerations in the growth of business-equipment investment and exports. The shutdown accounted for some of the 12% plunge in government demand, but defense spending also took a dive. Excluding the federal government--less than 7% of GDP--the economy grew nearly 2% last quarter, and overall demand increased almost 3%.
A lot of that demand came from overseas. Fourth-quarter exports grew 10.9%, and the pace accelerated in each quarter of 1995. At the same time, imports slowed in each successive quarter, with almost no growth at yearend. The December trade deficit rose slightly to $6.8 billion, from $6.7 billion in November, but those two readings were the lowest in two years.
As a result, fourth-quarter net exports posted the largest quarterly improvement in five years. Exports should continue to grow faster than imports in 1996, providing another prop under economic growth.
Japan's fast-shrinking trade surplus with the U.S. has accounted for some of the narrowing in the U.S. gap. After factoring in seasonal adjustment by BUSINESS WEEK, data from Japan's Ministry of Finance show that, in the three months ended in January, the surplus averaged $2.7 billion. That's down 42%, from $4.5 billion in the same period a year ago (chart). Further improvement is likely.
In addition, Mexico's recession shows signs of having bottomed out. That means the drag on U.S. exports created by the peso crisis is easing.
HELP FROM TRADE and inventories is always welcome, of course, but consumers account for two-thirds of GDP. Although economic anxiety may fill this year's Presidential campaign rhetoric, there is nothing particularly worrisome in the recent trend of income growth, and consumers are confident enough to help move the expansion forward.
True, retail sales slipped 0.3% in January, as snow-weary consumers put off purchasing big-ticket items, but spending in November and December was revised higher. January sales of nondurable goods rose 0.2%, led by increased buying at grocery stores and pharmacies. The weekly store surveys done by Mitsubishi Bank/Schroder Wertheim and the Johnson Redbook Service indicated that retail buying bounced back in February.
So did confidence. The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence jumped back to 97 in February, regaining nearly all of its 11-point tumble in January, to 88.4 (chart). The indexes of consumers' appraisal of current conditions and expectations for the future both rebounded.
Optimism may be holding at a fairly high level because income growth hasn't folded even with the slowdown in job gains. In 1995's second half, real disposable income grew at a 4% annual rate, more than double the 1.8% pace of spending. Because work time fell during the blizzard, January personal income likely suffered from frostbite. February's jump in confidence, however, suggests that earnings haven't dried up.
STEADY INCOME GROWTH and high expectations help to explain the unexpected 4.4% increase in housing starts in January, to an annual rate of 1.45 million. Given the bad weather, starts were expected to have dropped sharply. But California's recovery buoyed the total: Housing starts in the West increased a big 15.2% in January.
Like retailing, housing started this quarter above its fourth-quarter average. However, the recent sell-off in the bond market, if not reversed, may hinder future activity. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate is above 7.2% again, and loan applications to buy a home have fallen since December, even though refinancing activity continues to rise.
The best signal that bond yields will probably head down again in coming months is that low inflation is giving the Federal Reserve the room it needs to cut short-term rates. The producer price index of finished goods rose 0.3% in January, but excluding energy and food, the core index fell 0.1%. Except for a jump in energy costs, price pressures further back in the production pipeline were generally subsiding.
Higher energy prices also lifted the January consumer price index. The CPI rose 0.4% in the month, as energy costs jumped 2.1%. Excluding energy and food, the core index rose 0.3%, but part of that increase reflects an unusually large 0.7% surge in apparel prices. Clothing prices barely rose during 1995, and with too many apparel stores competing for customers, the January increase looks like a quirk in the data.
There's no question that the economy hit a bump in the road at the end of 1995, and a host of special factors have made the winter months difficult to read. But as new data are now beginning to show, the weakness is not so serious that the economy cannot shift back into a higher gear this spring.


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