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Summer would not be the same without a sandcastle.
But the town of Broulee invited holidaymakers to think bigger and better than the average beach fortress at its annual sandcastle competition this week. Although building sandcastles is usually considered a children's pastime, the contest attracted 72 entries and about 350 competitors in a range of ages in two categories.
More than 1000 spectators inspected the creations that included a dolphin, giant octopus, mermaids, a Mercedes and campsite with a sleeping camper.
It cost $5 to enter and the competition raised $365 for the Broulee and Mossy Point Community Association.
Rules stipulated the sculptures had to be completed in an hour, and only beach tools such as plastic buckets and spades were to be used.
Association president Marie Zuvich said the event was taken seriously with a number of entrants practising their designs before the competition.
The winner - a turtle choking on a plastic bag as an anti-litter message - received a family pass to Mogo Zoo. Minor prizes included surfing lessons and Offshore Surf shop vouchers.
Ms Zuvich said the money raised, to be matched by Eurbodalla Shire Council, would go towards extending the villages footpath network.
The arrangement had already resulted in footpaths from the retirement village. Ms Zuvich said the network of concrete paths was of critical social importance.
"We don't have a village centre in Broulee so our paths are our community hub," Ms Zuvich said. "We're trying to build a community as well as pathways in Broulee.
"A lot of networking, connecting and business gets done on our paths."
Ms Zuvich said the community association hoped Sunday's "Art on the Path" event was as successful.

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There isn't a place anywhere West of the Mississippi that has a better Winter at our low elevation of 1200' than Leavenworth. Twenty Six kilometers of immaculately groomed cross country trails for touring and skating right in town, plus a number of Sno Park ski areas near Lake Wenatchee. The average season runs 90 days and it's not unusual to see 100+ days of trail grooming.
We have a tuned up rental fleet of touring and skate skis ready for your visit. Skis, boots, poles, wax, gloves, hats, clothing... you bring the enthusiasm and we'll provide the rest.
Compliment your Winter trip to the Bavarian village with a hike in the snow. There are some short hikes within the city limits and extensive snowshoeing opportunities within thirty minutes.
Our rentals feature snowshoes that are light and easy to use, not the old fashioned type that you saw grandpa clomping around in.


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Small mom and pop shops are dying support local merchants or one day all your food will be supplied by Monsanto.
The industrial revolution is amazing and our technologies are great but we are progressing without the thought of future generations and the environment.
I am no tree hugging hippy chillin in berkinstocks by any means. I believe you can change things in this world by leading by example.
I am open, creative, kind and loyal.
Building a place to live.
I adapt very well to new things.
Organizing events and finishing the Job.
I always have my two dogs with me.
If you like transformer 1,2,3, and I think they are up to 18 already we are not a match.
Documentary: Bring them on. I like them all. Any subject is interesting. I may not like it but I am open to view almost anything.
Biographies : Interesting depends on the subject
Music is the greatest art. It all depends on the mood and setting to compliment the scene. I like everything but country.
Food: top quality, I don't eat food for the masses. Try to go organic small farm and local when possible.
I love to cook myself mostly Italian, Mexican and BBQ
Travel: frequently and far. I lived in Europe for five years.
"The farther one travels the less they know" John Lennon
Moon shadows
THC and my dogs
We have 365 days in a calendar year. Agreed
I hope we live to 85 in good health and spirit. Assumption
Why anyone would waste time and not do what they love. Opinion
After all you would only have 31,025 days in your life. Fact
In the summer, spring and fall I am usually next to a fire star gazing.
Drying off from a day of playing in a river or lake.
In the winter it depends who I am with but most likely indoors.


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Polamalu told to keep quiet about injury
• Safety Troy Polamalu, who did not practice Wednesday, was not permitted to speak to the media about his injured left knee. Spokesman Dave Lockett informed the media that questions about Polamalu's injury would not be answered by Polamalu, who attended practice wearing a cumbersome brace on his leg that stretched from his shin to the middle of his calf.
• Put Ryan Clark down as one player who wouldn't have been very happy if his coach went for it on a fourth-and-2 in their own territory late in the game, like New England's Bill Belichick did Sunday against the Colts. "Our guys would've been extremely (mad)," Clark said. "We all have a little bit of an ego defensively. But when said he guys we are going for it, you say 'OK, coach' and you sit your tail down."
• The Steelers have high hopes for linebacker Donovan Woods on special teams after he was promoted from the practice squad earlier in the week. "I don't know if I have anything unique," Woods said. "I am just going to go out there and play with great effort and try to make some plays."
• Defensive end Travis Kirschke went through individual drills for the first time since injuring his calf muscle in the second half of the Minnesota game four weeks ago. "It is a gradual process," said Kirschke, who hasn't tested the calf since right before the Monday night game in Denver. If Kirschke can't play Sunday in Kansas City, he will be replaced again by Nick Eason.
• Not practicing for the Steelers were Polamalu, Kirschke, WR Hines Ward (not injury-related), LB James Farrior (not injury-related), FB Carey Davis (hamstring) and WR Mike Wallace (illness).


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Combination Chemotherapy Plus Rituximab in Treating Patients With Relapsed Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining combination chemotherapy with monoclonal antibody therapy may kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus rituximab in treating patients who have relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
|Biological: rituximab Drug: cisplatin Drug: cytarabine Drug: dexamethasone Drug: sargramostim
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Trial of Cisplatinum, Cytosine Arabinoside, Dexamethasone (DHAP) With Rituxan in Patients With Relapsed CD20+ B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- response [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
- percentage of patients able to proceed to transplant after two courses of this treatment regimen [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
- duration of response [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
- overall survival [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2000
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2003 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: rituximab+dexamethasone+cisplatin+cytarabine+sargramostim
Patients receive rituximab IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for the first course only. Patients receive dexamethasone orally or IV on days 1-4, cisplatin IV continuously for 24 hours on day 1, cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours for 2 doses on day 2, and sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously on days 3-12 or until blood counts recover. Chemotherapy repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 3 years.
|Biological: rituximab Drug: cisplatin Drug: cytarabine Drug: dexamethasone Drug: sargramostim
Detailed Description:
- Determine response rate to cisplatin, cytarabine, and dexamethasone (DHAP) plus rituximab in patients with relapsed CD20+ B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Determine the percentage of patients able to proceed to transplant after two courses of this treatment regimen.
- Determine the duration of response and overall survival of the patients not proceeding to transplant after two courses of this treatment regimen.
OUTLINE: Patients receive rituximab IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for the first course only. Patients receive dexamethasone orally or IV on days 1-4, cisplatin IV continuously for 24 hours on day 1, cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours for 2 doses on day 2, and sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously on days 3-12 or until blood counts recover. Chemotherapy repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 3 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 17-50 patients will be accrued for this study within 11 months.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed CD20+ B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Relapsed following chemotherapy and eligible for platinum-containing regimen
Measurable disease
- Must be at least 1.5 x 1.5 cm
- 18 and over
Performance status:
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 75,000/mm^3
- Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal
- No uncontrolled hypertension
- HIV negative
- No other active malignancy
- No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- No uncontrolled peptic ulcer disease
- No uncontrolled infection
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005601
|United States, Arizona
|CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
|Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5404
|United States, Florida
|Mayo Clinic
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
|United States, Illinois
|CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
|Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61602
|United States, Iowa
|CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
|Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52403-1206
|CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
|Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50309-1016
|Siouxland Hematology-Oncology
|Sioux City, Iowa, United States, 51101-1733
|United States, Kansas
|CCOP - Wichita
|Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214-3882
|United States, Louisiana
|CCOP - Ochsner
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70121
|United States, Michigan
|CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48106
|United States, Minnesota
|CCOP - Duluth
|Duluth, Minnesota, United States, 55805
|Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|CentraCare Health Plaza
|Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States, 56303
|CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
|Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55416
|United States, Nebraska
|CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68106
|United States, North Dakota
|Medcenter One Health System
|Bismarck, North Dakota, United States, 58501
|CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122
|United States, Ohio
|CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital
|Toledo, Ohio, United States, 43623-3456
|United States, Pennsylvania
|CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
|Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822-2001
|United States, South Dakota
|Rapid City Regional Hospital
|Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, 57709
|CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
|Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57104
|Canada, Saskatchewan
|Allan Blair Cancer Centre
|Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4T 7T1
|Study Chair:
|Thomas E. Witzig, MD
|Mayo Clinic
|Responsible Party:
|Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00005601 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-02326 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trials Reporting System) )
CDR0000067714 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) )
|Study First Received:
|May 2, 2000
|Last Updated:
|December 5, 2016
Keywords provided by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology:
recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma
recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma
recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma
recurrent mantle cell lymphoma
recurrent marginal zone lymphoma
recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma
extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
splenic marginal zone lymphoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Dexamethasone acetate
Antineoplastic Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Gastrointestinal Agents
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunologic Factors
Antirheumatic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 21, 2017


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Tour code 28 Jaipur Udaipur Tour
Duration : 03 Days / 02 Nights
Destination Covered : Jaipur - Udaipur
Day 1: Jaipur to Udaipur (420 kms)
Arrival jaipur and drive to Udaipur.
Welcome to City of Lakes, Udaipur Was founded in 1559 and named after Maharana Udai Singh Udaipur the capital of the Sisodia dynasty whose earlier capital was Chittor.You are welcome & picked up by your Chauffer from the main exit of the airport/ railway station, waiting outside for you with the placard of your name and transferred to the hotel in your private chauffer driven car.
After Relaxing a relaxing afternoon in your hotel, later in the evening proceed for boat ride at Lake Pichola and return back to hotel.
Day 2: Udaipur
The city is famous for its castles, lakes, museums, temples and gardens. The City Palace and Museum is considered the largest palace complex in Rajasthan considered and its museum has stunning collection of objects collected from various Maharanas of Udaipur over the centuries. The Picholia Lake, Udai Sagar Pratap Sagar and are some of the most beautiful lakes in the state. Some other attractions in the city are the Jagdish temple, Saheliyon Ki Bari, Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandir &. Afternoon free for independent activities
Day 3: Udaipur to Jaipur (420kms)
After breakfast drive to Jaipur. . After that you will be drop at Airport or railway-satation, as per your schedule
Prices will be included with following services:-
• Assistance at the International and Domestic Airports.
• Overnight stay in the hotels according your selected budget option.
• A/c One double bed rooms with daily breakfasts inclusive taxes.
• Individual Air conditioned car with normal English speaking professional chauffeur.
• Chauffeur services is included with his food and lodging.
• All sight seeing and tours mentioned in the itinerary
• All other specified expenses and applicable taxes.
• Fuel for the car, insurance, toll taxes, state taxes, parking and any other my transport related expenses.
Following services will not include in the prices:-
• Monument tickets.
• Lunch & Dinner.
• Tipping.
• Guide services {you can ask if you need}
• Shopping
These price valid from 01st April till 30th September (Minimum of 02 pax)
|Budget Hotels
|03* Hotels
|04 / 05* Deluxe Hotel
|Hotel Mahima Palace or Similar
|Swaroop Vilas or Similar
|Amantra Comfort or Similar
|Budget Hotel
|03* Hotel
|04 / 05* Deluxe Hotel
|6100 INR per person
|7400 INR per person
|9500 INR per person
These price valid from 01st Oct till 31st March (Minimum of 02 pax)
|Budget Hotels
|03* Hotels
|04 / 05* Deluxe Hotel
|Hotel Mahima Palace or Similar
|Swaroop Vilas or Similar
|Amantra Comfort or Similar
|Budget Hotel
|03* Hotel
|04 / 05* Deluxe Hotel
|7000 INR per person
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Page one deals with the basics in nitrous oxide.
Page two deals with all the different stuff and gadgets that goes into this.
Page three deals with common questions and calculations.
Page four deals with installation of a dry single fogger system.
There are basically two different ways that you can get the nitrous (and fuel if it's a wet system) into the intake manifold. Either you use nozzles (see below) or you use an injection plate. A plate is usually placed under the carburator or behind the throttle body.
These are mostly used on V8's but are available for others also, but not the Miata though.
A nozzle is used to inject the nitrous (and fuel if it's a wet system). The nozzles below are wet system nozzles. The left one is the FOGGER2 and the right one is the new Annular fogger. I don't use either of these (they didn't have a picture of the type I use) but instead a type called Soft-Plume, which gives a more cloud like injection. The two below have a fairly directed injection.
The picture below shows different nozzles, different types of jets and how to connect them to different tubes.
The bottle brackets are used to hold the nitrous bottle in place. The pair to the right is quite expensive! They also have a new type that looks like a mix of these two but with a fast release mechanism, very cool.
The microswitch is mounted at the throttle body and is used to trigger the nitrous system at wide open throttle (WOT). In the picture to the right you see it installed on my car.
There are two types of pressure switches, the ones that open at a certain pressure (break the circuit) and the ones that close when a certain pressure is reached.
A fuel pressure regulator has two uses, first it keeps the fuel pressure constant (very important with nitrous) and it also lets you set the pressure to what you want (well, at least downward). There is a good reason to use a lower fuel pressure with a wet nitrous system, it allows you to run bigger fuel jets, which means that there is less chance of the jets clogging up. I use the type in the left picture, the one on the right is a more expensive race version.
A normal nitrous kit for the Miata usually comes with jets for 50hp, that's a good point to start with and the stock Miata fuel pump will be enough. If you want to go higher I suggests an A/F ratio gauge and a fuel pressure gauge. To change horsepower and/or fuel mixture you change the bypass jet (located in the T between the manifold and fuel pressure regulator) and nitrous jet (located in the nitrous injector).
The stock Miata ignition is just fine. I recommend using NGK BKR6E-11 extended reach spark plugs gapped to 0.028". They have worked great for me. When it comes to timing, I have tried 14, 16 and 18 degrees with good result (I'm running 11 right now since I have the turbo also). A J&S knock sensor is a good investment since you don't want detonation under any circumstances and especially not with nitrous since it generates fairly high cylinder pressures. The problem with knock sensors is that nitrous completely changes the way the engine sounds (the exhaust note as well as the engine noise), that makes reading the J&S tricky.
An Air/Fuel mixture gauge is a must in my opinion! I use the Link A/F gauge from DlrAlt. The nitrous pressure varies depending on the temperature and if you are right on the spot a normal day, you WILL be running lean on a hot day, not a good thing! This is in my opinion the only weak point in a nitrous system. Keep an eye on that A/F ratio!
A N2O pressure gauge to mount permanently in the cockpit is a good investment if you are serious about this, unfortunately I don't have one yet! Both Autometer and NOS sell good ones (actually, the NOS gauge IS the Autometer with a different dial face).
A fuel pressure gauge in the cockpit is a must if you are aiming for higher horsepower. It will tell you everything you need to know about the fuel delivery (very important).
The purpose of a bottle heater is to keep the nitrous bottle warm, duh!
NitrousExpress have a bottle heater that regulates the heat based on the nitrous pressure. The NOS guys said that there are several problems with that 1) The NitrousExpress kit measures the pressure after the bottle valve, if you close the bottle valve and forget the heater on, BOOM! 2) When you start heating the bottle, the pressure will rise quickly without the whole bottle being warm. When you then open the solenoid the excess pressure blows out and you are left with the pressure that your cold nitrous can produce. The NOS bottle heater measures the temperature of the bottle instead. The kit they had before wasn't any good because 1) The heater element was too small, it sometimes took 20 minutes to get a bottle up to 84 from 60 Fahr. 2) The temp sensor wasn't any good, it would sometimes not record the temperature of the bottle correctly making the heater heat it too much. A new one that solves these issues is already designed but at the time of this writing there was problems with a sub-contractor.
If you have a bottle heater, it's a good thing to have a bottle blanket (shown below). It keeps the bottle temperature more stable and makes life a little easier for the heater.
NOS sells something that is called a Remote Bottle Valve (shown above). It's an electronically controlled on/off valve (a solenoid) that is mounted on the bottle after the manual valve and can be operated from the cockpit to turn the nitrous on or off in the system. I don't know if the NOS guys are being overly cautious but they say that you still have to close the manual bottle valve when you leave it for a longer time (like overnight). The remote bottle valve will let some pressure through even when it's closed and if you have a leaking solenoid seal, you WILL know about it when you start the engine! If you close the bottle during the night or make sure your seals are in good condition, I don't think you would have any problem with the remote bottle valve. I once got a little nitrous in the manifold when I was working on it and when I started the engine 15 minutes later it went to redline 0.01 seconds after the first ignition!!!!!
The last time I talked about this problem with NOS they suggested a T-valve instead (shown below). It has several advantages over the remote bottle valve, 1) it's much cheaper. 2) you can mount it inside the cockpit within each reach. 3) it's a 100% blocking seal when you turn it off, no leakage what so ever.
A purge valve can be use for two things. When the system is pressurized (valves open but the solenoid is closed), the nitrous in the line closest to the solenoid starts to turn in to gas instead of liquid. The primary usage of a purge valve is to let that gas out so you'll have liquid at the solenoid. The other thing you can use it for is to let the pressure out of the system after you've closed the valves, thereby releasing the pressure on the solenoid and extending its life.
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This is such a quick look to do, perfect when one's in a hurry. Simple yet with a hint of colour. I was just so happy over the weather and the sun so I had to do something glittery! For a even more dramatic look just toss on some false eyelashes!
The product list:
Primer - NYX JEP in Milk and Cashmere on the lid, NYX JEP in Orange under the eye


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Name: Bernhard
Country: USA
Marcus,Hello, my friend,
remember meeting years ago on the cruise... saw you twice and we became good
friends. I know we will see you again soon...
Your German Cincinnati friend, Bernie Klaene
Name: Rob Miller
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Cool site
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Awesome photographs and
repertoire, Marcus!
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We wish you only the
best in your new gig.
Name: Bob & Judy
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Are you still sailing
with NCL and if so - what ship? Let us know, if possible.
Good Luck tonight -
Name: Gwen and Dave
Country: Delaware
Can't believe it
Marcus!. What a wonderful surprise. You've been on my mind recently and
was about to try and find your web site to try and contact you. You beat me
to it. Dave is in Baltimore this weekend, so don't be surprised if he comes
to say hello.
Will be in touch for sure.
To our wonderful
memories of times shared!!!!!
Fondly, Gwen and Dave
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Country: USA
On my honeymoon in
august 2004 you sang on the Norwegian Majesty and you touched my heart so
deeply with the song "Tell Me There's A Heaven" that you sang.
You did such a beautiful job with every song but especially that one. I
wish you put it on one of your records. I love how you sing that song.
Please put it on a cd, I would buy it.
I have all of your others. You are an excellent singer. you made our
honeymoon magical.
Seth & Eva
Just dropping a note to thank you again for the pleasant evenings on the
Majesty last week... You made it a blast! Here's to never playing in coffee
bars and to people who will just know themselves when to get the h%^$ out of
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I was fed up with the dull red standard cluster lighting in my E21, so I installed some custom made white 5-chip LEDS and swapped the standard red filters for white ones.
This is a photo of the result, which I am very happy with as it now matches my VDO accessory gauges. Attachment 192962
did you also remove the amber filters?
im wanting to get the lights upgraded but a set i used in my trunk was like $15 and i am looking for something cheaper. where did you get yours?
Yes, I removed the amber filters, it was easy, I just cut the securing studs with a sharp wood chisel and glue the new translucent filters in place. I made the filters myself from a plastic milk container (as common as dirt out here), which appears to be similar in thickness and material properties to the original amber set and has excellent light diffusion properties. I am happy to carve up a couple of containers and send you some plastic to work with if you want to try the mod.
ok so perhaps its a language barrier thing...perhaps i am just slow...did you remove the dash to install these lights? are the light "seated" behind the plastic shield that protects the instruments? let me know...thanks!
btw: i love the look!
I removed only the instrument cluster to perform the mod.. The bulb holders for the dash illumination lights are fixed inside the dash housing, above cutouts in the top of the cluster which are fitted with the amber coloured filters.
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|Real Estate
|Submitting Dean
|Dean William Beisel
|Submitting College
|Community & Technical -- Mike Jalbert x6374
|Departments Generating the Proposal
|Bus Tech
|Objection Deadline
|May 10, 2001
|Proposal Status
|Final Approval Granted
|Proposal Last Updated
|June 28, 2001 by PR Nancy Stokes
|Effective Date
|Fall 2001
|Brief Summary of Proposal
|Course changes for Principles of Real Estate and Real Estate Law.
|Type of Proposal
|Course changes only
|Graduate School Endorsement Status
|Not required
|Graduate School Endorsement Updated
|March 14, 2001 by GS asst to dean Dolli Markovich
|Institutional Research Status
|Approved with comment
|IR Comment
|The subsidy level of 2430:105 Real Estate Principles and 2430:185 Real Estate Law should be Technical.
|IR Status Updated
|April 19, 2001 by IR Dolores Bezilla
|Library Status
|Library Status Updated
|January 18, 2001 by UL Nancy Pitre
|Distance Learning Review Committee Status
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|DLRC Status Updated
|May 31, 2001
|Resource Requirements
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|January 03, 2001
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Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI, Booth No. N5704), provider of hourly cost maintenance programs for the business aviation industry, announced its new airframe programs for the Eurocopter EC135 and EC145 series at Heli-Expo '13.
"We are excited about providing the option for additional airframe coverage this year, just two years after providing engine coverage for the Eurocopters," said Walter Given, 16-year JSSI veteran and helicopter program manager for the company.
The EC135/145 airframe programs cover virtually every part, component, assembly and system on the helicopter for a specified contract term, excluding engines. The comprehensive airframe program is customized by aircraft serial number and takes into account the unique customer flight profile. Pricing and program features are based on mean time-to-failure data obtained during JSSI's 24 years of industry experience. EC135/145 owners may also choose to include engine coverage for an exclusive JSSI Tip-To-Tail program.
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I would like it to be John Rich and Marlee, but I have a feeling it'll be John Rich and Star. If that is the case I am so hoping it's JR who wins. In the case of John Rich/Marlee, I will be happy either way. While neither have been perfect, I think they've played it overall classier than the rest of the finalists.
Thanks Rattus and jadewarlock. So maybe Marlee will make it to the finals with John Rich. Anybody but Star.
This isnt the Sound of freaking Music were watching.......sdl
Marlee will make the finals if only because she is the biggest star and Trump values his Hollywood connections. What is Starr going to bring him?
No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. George Chakiris
Believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see. :nono
Finally watched this last night. Nene is over the top loud and obnoxious, but I still find her more fun to watch than Star. Hopefully both of them get the boot.
When the men were walking through the department store with their models, to get clothes for the show, Little Jon kept saying he felt like a pimp walking with these women, making the women his whores I guess? Was that supposed to be a compliment? Maybe the women he hangs around with would take it that way, but I don't think most women want to be called whores, or have it insinuated that they look like whores.
The word "pimp", like many words, has changed meaning to some extent over the years. It doesn't only mean someone who sells women as a commodity, it also means someone with a lot of girlfriends (a playa), making something look more extravagant than you might expect it to look (Pimp My Ride), a marketing manager, and a number of other things.
And so it begins, the end of times..
Excellent and insightful explanation! Teach, Rattus....TEACH!!!
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you know which one you hit by the one that yelps!
Nene did an interview where she defends herself against accusations that she is a bully! But too convincingly!
Real Housewives of Atlanta - NeNe Leakes: ''I'm Not Bullying Anybody''
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"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt looked red hot as she slipped into a tight, curve-hugging bandage dress while on the set of The Client List.
J Love, who turned 33 on Wednesday, looked sexy in the red, scoop-necked dress, which revealed the brunette's ample cleavage as she strolled down the street in a pair of nude pumps.
What do you think of Jennifer's saucy ensemble? Play fashion critic in the comments.
Jennifer appeared to have a pretty good birthday. She tweeted to her followers: "Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! Have a great day everybody!"
So what were some of the b-day gifts the former Ghost Whisperer received?
"My mom just got me a new Louis Vuitton handbag and wallet! my birthdays not even till tomm! Love u mom!"
Meanwhile, the actress is busy working on Lifetime's TV-movie-turned-drama-series The Client List. Check out her video promo for the show below.


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PixelForces said
feedthegeese saidYou wrong, my name is not John (he is designer of the themes), we collaborate some time before. I am a developer of the themes, and you will never know my name, my country and any other personal data because I didn't share them!
I guess it is really difficult to find out who someone is on TF… have a good night John!
Relax John, Im sure your not that hard to find… but dont get too excited, Im sure nobody is looking for you
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How anybody can give help or advice, if you not even clear on some questions. Many authors here don't understand the problem, and it is related to all of us too, so we are interested where it may go. Its your problem if you can't explain or give answers on some questions, but look for understanding and advices. My question. Here is the account on TF, here is the person – where is the connection between them? How a kidnapper or other bad person will know that someone here using this exact TF account with some badges?
I guess it is really difficult to find out who someone is on TF… have a good night John!
Im sure someone in this world knows your on TF
I'm not an author but I understand the need for privacy… obviously he is not giving all the information (for obvious reasons).
I assume that Envato authors are from different countries…. and those authors who think boasting about their finances is a good thing is probably from here in America or somewhere where its okay to brag about money… the rest of the world… it is not okay or safe to brag about money OR have people know what you make, literally it could get you killed….
But what kind of threw me off is the "Tax" statement… if your evading taxes then I dont feel sorry for you, thats life, you have to pay taxes, so im sure your not going to get any sympathy for that… and if you are trying to evade taxes then I understand why you are on a fake account (smart guy). Envato wont turn you in because they make money off you but someone else could….
Or maybe your ex-wife caught on to how much your making? If so then Hell YES I support your efforts to go private on how much you make… at least give the option to the author,,, for me personally as a buyer, I agree that it does give the author a bit more credibility though
Either way good luck!
I wish the author of the theme I bought would respond. I'm willing to give someone a sale if you can help me upload my theme
Im a newb…


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Daniel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theater and Voice) and a Masters of Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education from Ball State University. In 2004, he entered and won the AVEDA Natural Scholarship Competition. He holds a certificate in Cosmetology from The AVEDA Institute of Beauty and Wellness (Milwaukee, WI). In 2005, he earned his Wisconsin Instructors License. He is currently a licensed cosmetologist in Indiana. He studied wig design under Broadway wig designer Howard Leonard (The Wig Boys) and wig construction at the British Wig Academy in Eastbourne, UK.
During his time in Milwaukee, he worked at Neroli Salon and Spa, was an Instructor at the AVEDA Institute of Beauty and Wellness. He also styled editorial photo shoots for Milwaukee Magazine. In 2007, he became the Education Leader for The Academy Waukesha Paul Mitchell Partner School. He is certified in Makeup, Cutting, Color and Texture through Paul Mitchell Advanced Academy.
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Album Rating: 4.5Yeah, I'm really getting into this more. The opening track is clearly the best one on here, and it blows me away every time.
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah, the first track is probably my favorite. Varg's vocals are amazing.
You always know just what to say.
Album Rating: 4.0Slaapkamers hardly ever knows what to say! Even on a visceral level that comment isn't that astounding.
Album Rating: 4.5the last one is very good too, so somber
Album Rating: 3.5I might get this just because I'm very interested in Vikernes. If I didn't like this, I'd probably find it interesting. Plus, it might open up a whole new world of music for me.
Album Rating: 4.5Interesting is definitely the perfect word to describe this album.
Genius or not I hope he fries in Hell.
Album Rating: 3.5I think thats what he would want.
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Album Rating: 3.5Well I heard he just owed Varg some money.
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^^ Read. Don't just believe what random people or the media write. People love to distort things. It will take a while to read.
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Album Rating: 5.0What's your point? Are you saying that what the media says is automatically true or are you saying that killing someone is NEVER justified?
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Album Rating: 5.0I see where you're coming from there and the same thing crossed my mind, but like Varg said, why give the guy another chance to kill him.
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She is a very talented blonde actress.Click here to see Nancy Travis nude!
Nancy Travis has been (or will be) noticed in "The Jane Austen Book Club" (2007) as Cat, "The Bill Engvall Show" (2007) as Susan Pearson, "The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker" (2007) as April, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005) as Lydia Rodman, "Talk Show Diaries" (2005) as Windsor, "Becker" (2004) as Chris Connor, "Rose Red" (2002) as Prof. Joyce Reardon, "The Wild Thornberrys" (2000) as Cat, "Running Mates" (2000) as Jennifer 'Jenny' Pryce, "Auggie Rose" (2000) as Carol, "Work with Me" (1999) as Julie Better, "My Last Love" (1999) as Susan Morton, "Superman" (1998) as Darci Mason, "Almost Perfect" (1997) as Kim Cooper, "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (1997) as Bernice, "Gun" (1997) as Diane Esheo, "Bogus" (1996) as Lorraine Franklin, "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" (1996) as Spencer, "Body Language" (1995) as Atty. Theresa Janice 'T.J.' Harlow, "Fluke" (1995) as Carol Johnson, "Destiny Turns on the Radio" (1995) as Lucille, "Lieberman in Love" (1995) as Kate, "Greedy" (1994) as Robin Hunter, "Fallen Angels" (1993) as Bette Allison, "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (1993) as Harriet Michaels, "The Vanishing" (1993) as Rita Baker, "Chaplin" (1992) as Joan Barry, "Passed Away" (1992) as Cassie Slocombe, "3 Men and a Little Lady" (1990) as Sylvia Bennington, "Air America" (1990) as Corinne Landreaux, "Loose Cannons" (1990) as Riva, "Internal Affairs" (1990) as Kathleen Avilla, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1988) as Leah Bundy, "Eight Men Out" (1988) as Lyra Williams, "Married to the Mob" (1988) as Karen Lutnick, "3 Men and a Baby" (1987) as Sylvia Bennington, "Tales from the Darkside" (1987) as Laura, "Worlds Beyond" (1987) as , "Harem" (1986) as Jessica Gray, "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1985) as Judy, "Malice in Wonderland" (1985) as Ann, "Boys Life" (1) as
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The Daily Telegraph of Australia carried this story today:THE Church of Scientology will build its new southern hemisphere base at the former National Acoustic Laboratory site in Chatswood. A regional planning panel approved the project yesterday, with Willoughby Council supportive of the church's plans for 126 Greville St. It will be an "Advanced Church" facility, one of five in the world that trains the senior ministers for the churches in the rest of Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Tai … [Read more...]
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Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal nostalgic: Top aide
As Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Sunday embarked on a week-long spiritual visit to the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, the territory which China claims, his top aide justifies the visit saying that "it is more nostalgic".india Updated: Nov 08, 2009 16:21 IST
As Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Sunday embarked on a week-long spiritual visit to the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, the territory which China claims, his top aide justifies the visit saying that "it is more nostalgic".
Samdhong Rinpoche, the prime minister of the government-in-exile based in this hill station, told IANS: "The visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh this time is rather more nostalgic."
"The Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the home to one of most sacred Buddhist monasteries, coincides with 50 years of the Tibetan people in exile," he said.
Rinpoche is critical of China's strong assertions regarding the spiritual leader's visit.
"The visit has nothing to do with politics. It is solely for spiritual teachings. This was not his first visit (to Arunachal Pradesh). We fail to understand why China is so critical (about his visit) this time. We are surprised and saddened over China's reactions.
"The Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in India. He visits different places only on the request of people. This time also his visit has been finalised on the request of his followers... the visit was long pending," Rinpoche, the second most powerful leader after the Dalai Lama in the government-in-exile, said.
The government-in-exile is not recognised by any country in the world.
This is the fifth visit of the Nobel Peace laureate to Arunachal Pradesh. Earlier, he visited the state in 1959, 1996, 1997 and 2003.
The Dalai Lama, 74, during his visit to Japan last week hit out at China for opposing his visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
"I was surprised at China's criticism. If my visit creates problem, I am very sad, that's all... all my visits are non-political in nature," the Dalai Lama told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
"In 1962 during the India-China war, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) already occupied all these areas (Arunachal Pradesh) but they announced a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew, accepting the current international boundary," he said.
The Dalai Lama has also recollected his deep emotional attachment with Arunachal Pradesh, as it was the place where he entered India after his escape from Tibet in 1959.
The Dalai Lama reached Tawang Sunday to deliver spiritual discourses.
Tawang, a picturesque town located at an altitude of more than 11,000 feet, is home to one of most sacred Buddhist monasteries. The place is spiritually important for the Tibetans as the sixth Dalai Lama was born in the 17th century at the Urgelling Monastery, near Tawang.
The Dalai Lama is also expected to inaugurate a hospital at Tawang. He has contributed Rs.2 million for its construction.
The Dalai Lama will visit the adjoining towns of Bomdila and Dirang Nov 12, before leaving for state capital Itanagar Nov 14. The visit ends Nov 15.


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Kat Egan: Personalizing Brands In Today's Digital Space [PSFK 2013]
Kat Egan discusses how a more inclusive and targeted approach is the key to successful marketing.
As part of the run-up to PSFK CONFERENCE 2013 in New York this April, PSFK will be publishing a series of short interviews with speakers to give a taste of what will be discussed in this meeting of creative minds. Kat Egan is a long-time digital strategist who has been on the forefront of the digital space and has experienced first hand the changes that have taken place. She will be speaking on a panel at this year's event and shared some of her thoughts regarding the future of marketing strategy in a changing, more technologically-orientated, landscape.
You have been an entrepreneur and strategist in the digital and creative industry for more than 15 years. How has it changed to be a woman in the industry?
It's an important question and the fact that I'm being asked it shows that there are still changes to be made, even though there have been some powerful shifts, such as the recent PBS documentary "Makers: Women Who Make America." The show was a stark reminder that until the late 60's, women were groomed to be housewives and secretaries, not senior company executives. Men in this country have been advancing in the workforce for hundreds of years while women are only just starting to catch up.
The explosion of technology and social networking, which has occurred of the past 15 years, has allowed women to connect with one another and make real change. When I started my first business in 2000, it was very lonely, being one of the only women in the digital design business. That's not the case for today's young women entrepreneurs who can seek and find inspiration from each other much more readily with all the tools available today. This new generation of women have been raised in an era of innovation and infinite possibilities and are already changing the world.
Can you pinpoint some major trends you see taking place in the field of strategic marketing?
First off, I'm excited that many companies now recognize the need for strategic marketing. It's not possible any longer to simply pretend that you are staying abreast of the constant changes in consumer needs and technology and it's crucial to understand that a strategy across all media is needed before embarking on any campaign. Over the past few years, major trends that I've seen have included expansion of visual content, evident through the success of Instagram, geo-location for actual consumer utility, like Foursquare's app update that put search front-and-center, and use of connective interface design, as seen in Tesla.
I have also noticed a recent trend in which brands open their APIs to allow for true innovation. By that, I mean that companies are allowing consumers, technology partners and fans to explore and innovate their products through continued use. When the iPhone was first released, it was just a phone and a pretty awful camera, but now it has become a highly personalized utility with apps and other services because Apple made their API available from the get-go. Other technology companies such as Netflix, Twitter, Google and Instagram have followed suit.
I'd like to see brands partnering with technology companies to create more personal services. We still have some way to go but the current trajectory is definitely encouraging.
How can companies use technology to develop stronger relationships with their consumers?
I fantasize about companies focusing less on broad-reaching traditional ad campaigns–including those of the digital variety–for particular product launches and more on specific technology to support smaller micro-communities. A simple example of this is 'Insight Timer,' an app I use to meditate. The users of the app have created several breakout groups where members post thoughtful conversation threads offering encouragement and insights to fellow meditators. This allows members across the world to connect to each other which forges a deeper connection to the service.
What if brands followed this example? There are tremendous amounts of data available on what, when and where people are eating, drinking, exercising, dating, traveling and buying, but few companies have taken advantage of it to create personal connections and real life brand utility. Do we need a new type of strategist to analyze these patterns and find links to how the brand can service the needs of their users? Perhaps companies should collaborate more with anthropologists, inventors, data analysts and scientists and less with traditional agencies to break through to potential consumers in a more meaningful manner.
Thanks Kat!
To learn more about PSFK CONFERENCE 2013, click here, and to watch the live stream go to PSFK.com, where the action will be live until 5:30pm EST.


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Medical Costs Contribute To Fewer Than One In Five Bankruptcies, Say Kellogg Management School Researchers
Dranove and Millenson Fault Analysis In Earlier Study,
But Himmelstein And Harvard Coauthors Defend One-In-Two Estimate
Bethesda, MD -- Data from a much-cited 2005 study show that medical expenses contribute to less than 20 percent of all bankruptcies, far fewer than the 50 percent estimate offered by the original study's authors, according to an article by David Dranove of the Kellogg School of Management and Michael L. Millenson, a consultant and visiting scholar at the Kellogg School, published today as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive.
In "Medical Bankruptcy: Myth Versus Fact," Dranove and Millenson also characterize most Americans who declare bankruptcy because of medical expenses as "marginally middle class" at best, and they say that a single-payer national health insurance system would not be an effective weapon against such bankruptcies.
In their paper, Dranove and Millenson critique "Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy," published 2 February 2005 as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive and written by David Himmelstein, Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne, and Steffie Woolhander. Himmelstein and Woolhandler are members of the Harvard Medical School faculty; Warren teaches law at Harvard; and Thorne, formerly of Harvard, is currently an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at Ohio University.
Two Perspectives on Dranove and Millenson's paper also appear on the Health Affairs site. The first is Himmelstein and colleagues' response to the Dranove and Millenson; the second is an overview offered by Robert Seifert and Mark Rukavina, the policy director and executive director of the Access Project. Dranove and Millenson also present a short response to Himmelstein and colleagues' Perspective.
"It is insufficient to show that medical problems are associated with bankruptcy; one must determine whether, and to what extent, medical spending causes bankruptcies," Dranove and Millenson write. To answer that question, "we must identify those people who stated that illness or injury was a cause of bankruptcy and also stated that medical bills contributed to bankruptcy." In reanalyzing the data from Himmelstein and colleagues, Dranove and Millenson conclude that "medical expenditure bankruptcies" actually constituted only 17 percent of the bankruptcy filers those authors surveyed.
They add: "Even for that 17 percent, we cannot state with any degree of certainty whether medical expenses were the most important cause of bankruptcy. To move from causation to magnitude, it is necessary to perform multivariate statistical analysis," using a control group of solvent individuals and including variables such as employment and marital status. While Himmelstein and colleagues did not perform this type of statistical analysis, other studies that did so concluded that "medical debt is like any other debt -- a cause but not the most important cause of bankruptcy," Dranove and Millenson write.
Indeed, while Himmelstein and colleagues assert that "solidly middle-class Americans are at risk," of being bankrupted by health care costs, Dranove and Millenson note that the median income of the debtors surveyed by Himmelstein and colleagues was only $25,000. This is a group for whom "health care spending amounting to a few thousand dollars in the two years prior to bankruptcy would represent just the tip of the iceberg threatening to sink their creditworthiness," the two researchers say.
While Himmelstein and colleagues' original article suggested that a Canadian-style national health insurance plan could be an effective weapon against medical expenditure bankruptcies, Dranove and Millenson cite research showing that direct medical costs are just one part of the large financial burden associated with serious illness. Any universal health insurance plan comprehensive enough to guarantee financial protection against all of those costs would have to be more comprehensive than any existing single-payer system, they write, making it so expensive that paying for it "might actually poke holes in the safety net for other vulnerable citizens."
In their Perspective response, Himmelstein and colleagues charge that Dranove and Millenson "manipulate the data [from our original paper] far beyond legitimate reinterpretation." The Harvard researchers defend the accuracy of their original conclusion that "medical problems contribute to about half of all bankruptcies." They note that "Dranove and Millenson's definition misclassifies costs for medications and home care as 'nonmedical'" and excludes, for instance, "bankrupt families who took out second mortgages to pay medical bills [but] described their reasons for filing as 'to save our home.'"
Himmelstein and colleagues write that debtors' $25,000 median income "in the year prior to filing reflects the setbacks that led to bankruptcy (for example, illness that caused job loss), not socioeconomic status before the onset of disaster." They point to the fact that most debtors had owned homes, attended college, and held good jobs, as proof of medical debtors' middle class status. In addition, they criticize Dranove and Millenson for "misrepresent[ing] the previous literature on medical bankruptcy" -- for example, ignoring one study's conclusion that "medical debts are often buried in credit card balances and second mortgages," as well as a Commonwealth Fund study's finding that "37.2 million adults annually are 'contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills.'"
The Harvard researchers also defend their view that national health insurance could prevent most medical bankruptcies, writing that "many other countries have implemented comprehensive health and disability coverage that does the job [of protecting against illness-related financial ruin] quite well." Himmelstein and Woolhandler are co-founders of the group Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for single-payer national health insurance in the United States.
Himmelstein and colleagues note that "most [U.S.] medical debtors had taken the prescribed steps to protect themselves. Three-quarters had health insurance when they got sick. But for many, private coverage lapsed when they lost work because of illness. In other cases, the insurance they bought in good faith had so many holes that it left them unprotected." Himmelstein and colleagues write that Dranove and Millenson "should take a hard look at the defective products sold by their funders in the insurance industry."
In their Perspective overview of the controversy, Seifert and Rukavina do not address the specific incidence of medically induced bankruptcies. Whatever that number may be, they say, medical debt is "surprisingly common," affecting the insured as well as the uninsured, the middle class as well as the poor. Seifert and Rukavina state that medical debt both undermines families' financial security and functions as a barrier to health care. Indeed, "the care-seeking behavior of privately insured adults with medical debt is much more like that of uninsured people," the two authors state.
Seifert and Rukavina assert that simply counting the number of uninsured people is not an accurate measure of the success of efforts to improve access to health care. "It is time to expand our policy vocabulary beyond insurance coverage and begin to examine the adequacy of that coverage in ensuring health access and improving health status and financial security," the authors declare.
You can read the Dranove and Millenson paper at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w74,
Himmelstein and colleagues' Perspective at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w84,
Seifert and Rukavina's Perspective at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w89,
and Dranove and Millenson's final response at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w93.
Health Affairs, published by Project HOPE, is the leading journal of health policy. The peer-reviewed journal appears bimonthly in print with additional online-only papers published weekly as Health Affairs Web Exclusives at www.healthaffairs.org.
©2006 Project HOPEThe People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.


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Fossils and the Birth of Paleontology: Nicholas Steno
If one day in history had to be picked as the birth of paleontology, it might be the day in 1666 when two fishermen caught a giant shark off the coast of Livorno in Italy. The local duke ordered that this curiosity be sent to Niels Stensen (better known as Steno), a Danish anatomist working at the time in Florence. As Steno dissected the shark, he was struck by how much the shark teeth resembled tongue stones, triangular pieces of rock that had been known since ancient times.
Today, most people would instantly wonder whether the tongue stones were giant petrified shark teeth, but in 1666 such a presumption was a tremendous leap. Few could imagine how living matter could be turned to stone, and beyond that, encased in solid rockespecially if the rock were well above sea level and contained remnants of a marine organism. Fossils were instead thought to have fallen from the sky, or to be sports of naturepeculiar geometrical shapes impressed on the rocks themselves.
Steno made the leap and declared that the tongue stones indeed came from the mouths of once-living sharks. He showed how precisely similar the stones and the teeth were. But he still had to account for how they could have turned to stone and become lodged in rock. Naturalists of Stenos day were becoming convinced that matter was composed of different combinations of tiny corpuscleswhat today we would call molecules. Steno argued that the corpuscles in the teeth were replaced bit by bit, by corpuscles of minerals. In this gradual process, the teeth didnt lose their overall shape as they turned from tissue to stone.
But how could fossils end up deep inside rocks? Steno studied the cliffs and hills of Italy to find the answer. He proposed that all rocks and minerals were originally fluid. Floating on the surface of the planet long ago, they gradually settled out of the ocean and created horizontal layers, with new layers forming on top of older ones. Molten rock sometimes intruded into the layers, reaching the top and spreading out into a new layer of its own. As the rocks formed, they could trap animal remains, converting them into fossils and preserving them deep within their layers. Those horizontal layers represent a time sequence with the oldest layers on the bottom and the youngest on top, unless later processes disturbed this arrangement. This ordering is now referred to as Stenos Law of Superposition, his most famous contribution to geology.
Steno was not the only naturalist of his day to propose that fossils belonged to living creatures. Leonardo da Vinci and Robert Hooke, for example, also took up the same view. But Steno pushed the idea much further. He argued for the first time that fossils were snapshots of life at different moments in Earths history and that rock layers formed slowly over time. It was these two facts that served as the pillars of paleontology and geology in future centuries. And fossils ultimately became some of the key evidence for how life evolved on Earth over the past four billion years.
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Rock layers image courtesy of David Smith, UCMP.
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