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How much of the dodge dash do I need to remove? and is this a model where the a/c unit needs to be discharged? This is for a 2002 dodge 1500 p/u 4.7
the whle dash has to be released. you can set the passenger side on the front seat and expose the heater case. yes, the ac has to be disconnected as well.
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Thank you Roy for your info. I am wanting to grab a bit more detailed information. Not necessarily step by step. I am just amazed how much plastic and how many screws I have removed so far. I cant help but be nervous about reassembly. My biggest challenge so far is the second stage of the dash top. It is tied into the defrost plenum. The unit is brittle and I am being a pussy about tugging on it to hard. I am just wondering if there is soomething under the windshield wipers plastic flashing that I should have addressed. I am aware of the A/C now and I appreciate the info provided here on repair pal. Anyone with hands on knowledge are welcome to to chime in. Thanks
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A WAR veteran who blasted up to 10 inches of ice off his ship to prevent it from overturning during the infamous Arctic convoys has been honoured with the Arctic Star medal.
Jim Prince, who is now aged 93 and lives in Elizabeth Road, Evesham, was delighted to receive the medal, awarded to veterans of the convoys in recognition of the severe and difficult conditions they endured.
His daughter Pauline Laight applied for the medal after reading about other veterans receiving the honour.
She said: "Having seen several articles I decided it would be nice to apply for his Arctic Medal. He joined the navy when he was 16 as an able seaman and went to Ipswich Training School, after 12 months he joined HMS Warspite training ship. In 1938 he transferred to cruiser HMS Amphibion and went to South Africa, he was there when war broke out."
Mr Prince travelled around the world over the following years, searching for German warships escorting the larger destroyers such as HMS Ark Royal, joining HMS Somali based in the Scapa Flow in Scotland and escorting ships from America bringing ammunition and food across the Arctic Ocean to Murmansk in Russia.
Mrs Laight said: "He was in convoys through the Norwegian Fjords escorting ammunition ships from America.
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"I feel very proud of Dad's achievement during the war and thought it would be nice for him to receive his medal after all this time. He had a look of pleasure and disbelief when I gave him his medal. He is an incredible man at the age of 93 and I am very proud of him."


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I have a friend whose birthday is coming up soon. Instead of one big cake, I thought I would make a trio of cupcakes for her in white, chocolate, and lemon. For the white, I'll use the White Velvet Cupcakes from RHC.
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The following piece by Kevin Tierney is reprinted with permission from his blog Common Sense Catholicism: With far less fanfare than before, Matt McGuiness concludes his "Second Look at Porn" series over at Catholic News Agency. I can only say that if he had simply jettisoned the first two columns and instead just published this, he would [Read More…]
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This sounds completely awesome. ĀDo you have any materials about the neuroscience of what you're doing?

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Steve Castellotti <email@example.com> wrote:

Hey all--

 Ā Ā I just wanted to send a quick word of introduction to the group.

 Ā Ā My name is Steve. I swung over this past Tuesday evening along with
 the Make:SF crew, and hung around the next several hours meeting a fair
 few of you.

 Ā Ā I've been managing an Open Source project for the past year which
 is geared towards teaching kids (ages 10+ or so) a little bit of
 neuroscience, helping them build robots out of LEGO Mindstorms, then
 control and race them with their brains using consumer-grade EEG headsets.

 Ā Ā Here is a brief demonstration video:

 http://brainstorms.puzzlebox.info/index.php?entry=entry100923-100000

 Ā Ā And here is the project website:

 http://brainstorms.puzzlebox.info

 Ā Ā The current version of the software measures attention and
 relaxation levels using a NeuroSky MindSet, translating those into
 acceleration levels sent to the robots. Basic support for the Emotiv
 EPOC is also available, although for classroom use I've been leaning
 towards the former as it has dry sensors (where kids are concerned, wet
 + heads = bad) and is easy to put on and start using without much
 fiddling about.

 Ā Ā There's a variety of paradigms for controlling the robots and
 several new types of "games" planned on the roadmap, but for the moment
 the software is working and in active use in at least one classroom on
 the East coast (Incidentally I am looking for more local schools which
 might be interested to get involved). The focus is now on building up
 case studies and fleshing out the teaching materials to better integrate
 into existing curriculum.

 Ā Ā Last night I brought round the remote control for a small RC
 helicopter, and with a great deal of help from Milo, Anthony, John, and
 a few others we managed to almost completely reverse-engineer the
 circuit board and transmitter's communications protocol. I'd like to
 extend a huge thanks to those guys for sticking around past 2 AM to help
 bang it all out!

 Ā Ā I'm planning to bring in my gear on Monday for the electronics
 hacking session. I'll have the NeuroSky and Emotiv headsets, my LEGO
 kit, and the RC helicopter (assuming I can managed to transport it all)
 and would be happy to show anyone interested how it all hangs together.
 With any luck I will already be on my way to getting the RC helicopter
 to fly via the software. The intention is to pick up a second helicopter
 and be able to have races in which two people compete to achieve and
 maintain high enough levels of focus to keep the helicopters in the air
 and be first to cross the finish line.

 Ā Ā Thanks again for everyone's help and looking forward to catching up
 with folks come Monday.

 Cheers

 Steve

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An IT executive learns key lessons during four-year effort to get network upgrade off the ground.
Clear sailing in the design phase
In the summer of 2003, a design team of network technologists from campus IT, several campus departments and the medical center began to think about a new network. We considered what technologies offered the best mix of price and performance and which offered the greatest capability for expansion and the lowest risk of downtime.
DWDM quickly became a front-runner in terms of the potential technology. It can scale over time from eight lambdas (light-wave channels) all the way to 32 protected lambdas or 64 unprotected lambdas.
DWDM would provide a graceful evolution for the network's ever-increasing demands for capacity and capability. Each individual lambda running as fast as 2.5Gbps can carry a different service. For example, we could run the production Ethernet network over one lambda and a high-definition video feed over another. Or we could choose to provide a secure second Ethernet network for the medical center to connect the university's hospital facilities. This would let secure, electronic, protected health information move across the medical center's clinical network without coming in contact with student and faculty traffic on the campus network.
Then there is the matter of protected and unprotected lambdas. The bane of any optical-fiber-based network is the feared fiber cut. DWDM offers the option of protected lambdas, which run in one direction in the DWDM ring, while working lambdas run in the other direction.
Most DWDM gear has protection-switching that senses the loss of signal from the failed working lambdas and switches to the protected lambdas in less than 50 microseconds. There are few if any network applications that would notice that short an outage.
To add even more resiliency, we engineered in topology reliability. The new network was designed with diversely routed, dual-concentric rings at the main sites. Thus, a fiber cut or optical failure would have to take out both rings to cause a network failure. Even then, protected lambdas would take over.
Now we had the basis for the new network, which we christened UCSF's Next Generation Metropolitan Area Network (NGMAN).
NGMAN is made up of core and secondary sites. The core consists of the two main campuses and a central administrative building. San Francisco General Hospital, Mount Zion Medical Complex, Laurel Heights Conference Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center are secondary sites.
Core sites are the locations with the heaviest traffic demands. They also are the sites with the most users. Therefore, they have the highest bandwidth (10Gbps) and the most resiliency. Most secondary sites connect to the core in a point-to-point fashion using unprotected lambdas running at 1Gbps or 10Gbps, depending on their traffic requirements.
The product of building reliability on top of reliability was a resilient, redundant and self-healing network that could survive such events as earthquakes and bioterrorism -- not an unimportant consideration for a patient care network in a seismically active area. In fact, NGMAN's design let it achieve five-nines of reliability -- no more than 5.26 minutes of downtime a year.
UCSF has a "build it and they will come" philosophy. We don't build things frivolously, but we do build them on faith. The university built an entirely new campus at Mission Bay hoping to attract top medical researchers from around the world. A number of educators and researchers in fact made their way to UCSF and wound up doing their research in the new state-of-the-art Mission Bay buildings, which were outfitted with high-performance networks.
There was an element of "build it and they will come" in the NGMAN project as well. The network was built to support future medical applications. It needed to be high-performance and support QoS and multicast. It had to support high-definition video distribution, IP telephony and real-time medical imaging. And it had to be scalable.
We chose a modular approach to minimize forklift upgrades. Modularity extended to more than just the equipment. We intended the modular concept to allow for adding and deleting secondary sites easily. If a site didn't need the full capabilities of DWDM, we could bring it online via alternative technologies, such as optical metropolitan Ethernet service or leased services.
11th-hour snag
Now that we had the design characteristics down, it was time to bid the project. This is where we hit our first speed bump. What is the best way to procure a project of this size and complexity? Should it be an RFP? An RFQ? Or some sort of hybrid of the two? Should we create one large master RFP covering every aspect of the project or divide up the bid into several smaller procurement vehicles?
In thinking this through, it was obvious this would be such a complex project that we weren't entirely sure we could cover everything with a single procurement vehicle.
We realized there were three elements in the project, which corresponded closely to the OSI model. One was the fiber infrastructure -- often referred to as Layer 0. The second element was the optical DWDM gear, or Layer 1. Finally, there was the Ethernet element, or the Layer 2 and Layer 3 equipment. We could therefore issue multiple bids for the fiber infrastructure and optical equipment. Another bid would be for the Ethernet equipment.
Breaking the RFP into components offered the additional advantage of making the procurement documents easier to write and evaluate. Plus, this offered an advantage to vendors, who might be unable to bid on all components of the network.
In July 2004, as we were doing our analysis of the fiber-infrastructure responses, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a landmark decision permitting PG&E and other utilities to sell unused strands of dark fiber to third parties. This created alternatives that became known as "managed and integrated" services.
With dark fiber we would own and operate the fiber network. Managed fiber would let the service provider own and operate the fiber network while UCSF owned and operated the optical DWDM gear. The integrated option offered a turnkey package that provided multiple lambdas through the utility-owned fiber. The carrier would both provide the fiber infrastructure and own and operate the DWDM gear.
The cost for the integrated solution was expected to be a fraction of the cost to lease dark fiber. Of course, we learned all this literally at the 11th hour, just before we were to award the fiber-infrastructure RFP.
We had two choices: award the project to the winning vendor, or pull the fiber RFP and rewrite it to let the carriers bid on the new options. That would delay the project, but in the end the estimated 33% cost reduction prevailed, and we elected to pull the RFP.
Back to the drawing board
We were convinced that we had done everything possible to educate and win over upper management and the campus constituency. We had prepared PowerPoint presentations to explain our technical and business cases. We had discussed NGMAN with a number of campus committees. We had talked one-on-one with administrative decision makers. We even hired consultants in early 2005 to assist us in the NGMAN vendor-selection process. We had covered all our bases -- or so we thought.
The consultants traveled around campus interviewing key researchers and faculty about NGMAN. You can imagine our shock when they reported they had heard three key questions repeatedly during their interviews: What exactly was NGMAN? Why did the university need a new network? Wasn't there a better use for the money?
Clearly, whatever venues we had used, whatever discussions we had held and however we attempted to sell the NGMAN project, we had missed the target.
We realized we had to start the process all over again. We had to go back and meet with the key researchers, staff and faculty. We needed to explain why the current campus network needed to be replaced, describe the original design assumptions that had created NGMAN and justify why this project was an appropriate use of campus resources.
This had to be done at the same time as we continued to move the NGMAN procurement process along -- except now we faced new uncertainties. We didn't know how much of NGMAN would be built, how much funding we could count on or how much campus support we could build for the project.
Finally, after much discussion, and more than a little gray hair on the design team's part, the university approved building the core of the network in June 2006. The funding commitment for the core was now certain.
However, the secondary sites were open to discussion -- and there was considerable dialogue as to which secondary sites would be connected directly to NGMAN. For example, it was decided for cost reasons not to link the Mount Zion and VA Medical Center sites.
Law & order: UCSF
There was one final twist. In October 2006, a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted a former contract employee in the procurement office of UCSF on public-corruption charges.
Steven Donnelly was charged with selling confidential information about AT&T's bid to a Verizon employee in exchange for a BMW automobile. Donnelly later met with the employee and agreed to provide the employee with a thumb drive containing the confidential material for $5,000 rather than the BMW. Verizon fully cooperated in this investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Of course, this set the process back again, because UCSF officials had to decide how to proceed. Finally, UCSF awarded the bid May to AT&T's Healthcare Markets Group. In the end, we decided to go with the integrated, turnkey option. AT&T is expected to take six months to construct the network and one month to test it. UCSF then will have an additional month for our own acceptance testing.
NGMAN will go live in early 2008. Afterward, there will be a nine- to 12-month migration period when we will move users from the ATM-SONET network to NGMAN. After that, the ATM-SONET network will be sunset.
It has been painful to run a first-rate medical institution on a 1990s network, but UCSF has managed to work around the current network's limitations by accepting network capabilities that are significantly less than state of the art.
This has not been a problem for users who mainly do e-mail and database lookups. It has been more problematic for users who wish to do video distribution, high-bandwidth medical imaging, and enhanced-performance and security-based applications.
While the delays have been frustrating, NGMAN will be here shortly to remove many of these network-related limitations and let the university move into 21st-century network technologies.
Lessons learned
The NGMAN project taught us important lessons about selling major projects to a large and diverse university. Many of these lessons contain principles that can be used for any enterprise network project.
* Establish a strong business case at the beginning of the project: It is important that the proposed network make financial and business, as well as technical, sense. The days of implementing new IT projects simply because they look technically promising are gone. Today IT is all about business benefits.
* Sell the project: It is essential that you obtain buy-in from key decision makers. This extends far past technical decision makers. The key influencers need to be consulted, no matter where they work in the organization.
* Understand the project scope and funding from the beginning: It sounds obvious, but setting a scope with which all parties agree and obtaining a reliable funding source aren't as straightforward as they once were. Today, more homework is needed to assure that upper management, the budget office and the network designers are all on the same page.
Fritz is director of enterprise network services for the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the Network World Lab Alliance. He is the author of Remote LAN Access: A Guide for Networkers and the Rest of Us, and Sensible ISDN Data Applications. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who was hit in the head by a line drive Wednesday afternoon, sustained a skull fracture and underwent surgery last night, the team said in a news release today.
McCarthy's season is most certainly over, but concern for him has grown considerably past his ability to play baseball as details of his injury have become known.
The A's said McCarthy is "alert, awake and resting comfortably, and has shown signs of improvement'' after a two-hour operation to evacuate an epidural hemorrhage and stabilize the skull fracture. He also sustained a brain contusion.
Scary: Line drive strikes McCarthy
McCarthy, 29, is in the critical-care unit of a hospital the team did not name, listed in stable condition.
According to the release, McCarthy had a CAT scan at 12:30 p.m. today that showed the epidural hemorrhage had subsided. That's a critical development because such injuries can be deadly.
An epidural hemorrhage is the accumulation of blood between the skull and the hard layer of skin between the bone and the brain, and it's believed to be the injury that killed actress Natasha Richardson after a skiing accident.
McCarthy was hit in the fourth inning by a smash off the bat of Los Angeles Angels shortstop Erick Aybar and fell to the ground briefly before sitting on the mound for several minutes, feeling his head for blood. He eventually walked off the mound under his own power but was taken to Oakland's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, where a CAT scan revealed the extend of his injuries.
He was later transferred to another hospital, where he underwent surgery around 9 p.m.
"Our first concern is Brandon's health, and we are heartened to learn he has shown progress in his recovery after surgery," A's general manager Billy Beane in the release. "We are glad to report he is stable, awake and alert. The team will provide further updates as they become available in the coming days. We would ask members of the media to respect the privacy of Brandon and his family during this time. As we travel to Seattle today, Brandon remains in everyone's thoughts as we wish him a speedy recovery."
The A's, who are tied with the Baltimore Orioles for the American League wild-card lead, have not said who will replace McCarthy in the rotation. They begin a seven-game trip Friday against the Seattle Mariners.
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The Role of Pulsatile Insulin Secretion (A Study Investigating the Effects of Partial Pacreatectomy on Glucose Metabolism) (Pilot OGTT)
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|Impaired Glucose Tolerance
|Procedure: All subjects will undergo a 120 minute Oral Glucose Tolerance Test at study visit 2.
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of Partial Pancreatectomy on Glucose Tolerance
- To determine differences in glucose metabolism between subjects who have had partial pancreatectomy due to a benign lesion and those who have not had such a surgery. [ Time Frame: Outcome will be determined after all data has been collected. ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Subjects 18-80 years of age who have previously undergone partial pancreatectomy due to a benign lesion
Procedure: All subjects will undergo a 120 minute Oral Glucose Tolerance Test at study visit 2.
All subjects will ingest a 75 g glucose solution (Glucola brand) and have blood drawn at 7 timepoints over 120 minutes.
Healthy control subjects, 18-80 years of age, who have not had partial pancreatectomy.
Procedure: All subjects will undergo a 120 minute Oral Glucose Tolerance Test at study visit 2.
All subjects will ingest a 75 g glucose solution (Glucola brand) and have blood drawn at 7 timepoints over 120 minutes.
Detailed Description:
Beta cells of the pancreas are the insulin producing cells. People with impaired fasting glucose have a beta cell mass ~50% of that of normal glucose tolerant subjects.
A 2006 canine study by Dr. Peter Butler's group at UCLA demonstrated that glucose stimulated insulin secretion was deficient after 50% decrease in beta cell mass after distal pancreatectomy compared to those dogs who had sham surgery. The pancreatectomized dogs had impaired fasting glucose with impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. The decreased insulin secretion was a result of decreased insulin secretory pulses or bursts with no change seen in pulse frequency, the same pattern seen in humans with Type 2 diabetes. Conclusions derived from this study include the following:
- When beta cell mass declines to ~50% the capacity for the remaining beta cells to secrete insulin in appropriate secretory bursts is compromised, leading to a deficit in insulin secretion most obvious on glucose stimulation.
- The decreased insulin burst mass results in an additional component of insulin resistance, and this together with the compromised capacity for insulin secretion leads to decompensation of glucose regulation and diabetes onset.
How does this translate in humans who have had partial pancreatectomy? In 1990, Kendall and colleagues published a study looking at the effects of hemipancreatectomy in healthy human subjects on insulin secretion and glucose tolerance. These subjects were donors for pancreatic transplantation. They showed that fasting insulin and c-peptide levels were lower one year after hemipancreatectomy. Seven of the 28 donors had abnormal glucose tolerance one year after hemipancreatectomy, but all 28 had normal fasting plasma glucose levels. This study and others like it confirm the development of impaired glucose tolerance after partial pancreatectomy, but pulsatile insulin secretion and hepatic insulin clearance were not measured.
As stated above, the main objective of this pilot study is to establish and quantify the impact of a deficit in beta cell mass, due to partial pancreatectomy for benign tumors, on glucose tolerance. Results of this study may be used to develop a future metabolic study that uses glucose isotopes to establish the effects of partial pancreatectomy on glucose tolerance, basal and stimulated insulin secretion as well as hepatic and extrahepatic insulin sensitivity under conditions of usual physiology. This will enable us to further understand the relationship between loss of beta cells, decreased insulin secretion and increased insulin resistance in humans.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and Female subjects
- 18-80 years of age who have had
- partial pancreatectomy due to a benign lesion
- OR are healthy control subjects
- are willing to fast (nothing to eat or drink for 10 hours)prior to visits
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pancreatic malignancy
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Pregnant
- On steroid medications such as prednisone
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00841867
|United States, California
|UCLA General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90024
|Responsible Party:
|University of California, Los Angeles
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00841867 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DK061539 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|February 10, 2009
|Last Updated:
|November 16, 2016
Keywords provided by University of California, Los Angeles:
Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Glucose Intolerance
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
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Environmental Decision Memo for Food Contact Notification No. 1380
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Date: February 14, 2014
From: Biologist, Regulatory Team 2, Division of Biotechnology and GRAS Notice Review (HFS-255)
Subject: FCN No. 1380 – The reaction products of paraformaldehyde (CAS Reg. No. 30525-89-4) and ethylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 107-21-1), as a stabilizer for aqueous biocides used to preserve filler or other additive mixtures or coating solutions for use in uncoated or clay-coated paper and paperboard.
Notifier: Troy Corporation
To: Paul Honigfort, Ph.D., Division of Food Contact Notifications, HFS-275
Through: Mariellen Pfeil, Environmental Reviewer, Office of Food Additive Safety, HFS-255____
Attached is the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for FCN 1380. After this notification becomes effective, copies of this FONSI and the notifier's environmental assessment, dated January 15, 2014, may be made available to the public. We will post digital transcriptions of the FONSI and the environmental assessment on the agency's public website.
Please let us know if there is any change in the identity or use of the food-contact substance.
Leah D. Proffitt
Attachment: Finding of No Significant Impact
A food-contact notification (FCN No. 1380), submitted by Troy Corporation, to provide for the safe use of the reaction products of paraformaldehyde (CAS Reg. No. 30525-89-4) and ethylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 107-21-1), as a stabilizer for aqueous biocides used to preserve filler or other additive mixtures or coating solutions for use in uncoated or clay-coated paper and paperboard.
The Office of Food Additive Safety has determined that allowing this notification to become effective will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment and, therefore, will not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement.This finding is based on information submitted in an environmental assessment, dated January 15, 2014, as summarized below.
The Food-Contact Substance (FCS) is intended to be used as a stabilizer for biocides used to preserve filler or additive mixtures in the wet end of production of food-contact paper and paperboard, at a use level of up to 150 parts-per-million (ppm). In addition, the FCS will be used as a stabilizer for biocides used to preserve paper coating solutions at levels up to 75 ppm. Commercial biocides formulated with the FCS have been shown to more fully retain their activity during storage and transport, thereby providing significant improvements in efficacy compared to biocides formulated without the FCS.
Upon addition to water, the FCS hydrolyzes completely to ethylene glycol and formaldehyde as follows:
C4H10O4 → 2CH2O (formaldehyde) 49% + HOC2H4OH (ethylene glycol) 51%
In addition, ethylene glycol may also be present as a residual impurity in the FCS at up to 6%, thereby yielding a total amount of 57% ethylene glycol.
Incineration offinished food-contact paper will not cause municipal solid waste (MSW) combustors to threaten a violation of 40 CFR Part 60, or other relevant state and local laws, as the combustion products are carbon dioxide and water in amounts that would not have significant impacts on the operation of solid waste combustors. Furthermore, due to EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 258, land disposal to MSW landfills is not expected to cause any release to the environment.
The primary route of environmental exposure from use of the FCS in filler additives at the wet end of papermaking is the discharge of FCS hydrolysis products—i.e. formaldehyde and ethylene glycol—with paper mill waste water. Use of the FCS to preserve coating solutions is not expected to result in aquatic releases since coating solutions are applied directly to paper. Thus, FCS hydrolysis products will remain with the finished food-contact paper at trace levels, and will be discarded by the consumer as solid waste.
The calculation of environmental introduction concentrations (EIC) and effective environmental concentrations (EEC) is based on the following assumptions:
- The FCS is intended to be used at 150 ppm in the filler or additive slurry.1
- A typical mineral slurry contains on the order of 70% solids, and therefore the amount of FCS on a dry weight basis is 214 ppm (150 ppm/70%).2
- Finished paper contains on average 15% filler3, and therefore the amount of FCS per weight of the paper is estimated at 32 ppm FCS (15% of 214 ppm).
- A representative paper mill employing the FCS will produce about 500 tons of treated paper per day, therefore amounting to 14,400 g FCS/daily.4
- Approximately 10,000 gallons of water will be used per ton of paper, totaling 5,000,000 gallons/day(or 1.9 x 1010g ; assuming 1 lb = 453 g, and the density of water at 8.34 lb/gal).
- No reductions of the amount of FCS based on wastewater treatment or recycling or any other losses that may naturally occur.
- Maximum concentration of FCS in discharge water: 14,400 g FCS ÷ 1.9 x 1010 g water = 7.6 x 10-7 g FCS/g water = 760 parts per billion (ppb).
Therefore, given the percent-partitioning of hydrolysis products, the following EICs are calculated:
760 ppb FCS x 57% = 434 ppb ethylene glycol
760 ppb FCS x 41% = 370 ppb formaldehyde
The ecotoxicity endpoints for these chemicals are reported at 6.7mg/L (96 hr LC50, Morone saxatilis) for formaldehyde, and in excess of 10,000 mg/L (48 hr LC50, immobilization, Daphnia magna) for ethylene glycol. EECs are estimated by applying a ten-fold dilution factor to the EICs calculated above, for a result of 43.4 ppb for ethylene glycol, and 37 ppb for formaldehyde. Therefore, given these large margins of safety, we conclude that use of the FCS will not result in significant environmental impacts.
Prepared by __________________________________________Date: see electronic signature
Leah D. Proffitt
Office of Food Additive Safety
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
Approved by __________________________________________Date: see electronic signature
Robert I. Merker, Ph.D.
Division of Biotechnology and GRAS Notice Review
Office of Food Additive Safety
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
1 This "filler or additive slurry"; in this assumption is the biocide, which is then added to the paper itself. The maximum concentration of the FCS in the biocide (filler) is 150ppm.
2 When the water in the filler solution is driven off the remaining solids will be more concentrated.
3 The actual application rate of the filler to the paper can vary, such that 15% is assumed to be representative.
4 FCS per day = (32 x 10-6 g-FCS/g-paper)(4.5 x 108 g-paper) = 14,400 g-FCS.


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I am disappointed in you Chris Brown. Horrible. No woman deserves abuse!
From Huffington Post:
New details in the allegations of assault against Chris Brown. According to multiple reports, his girlfriend Rihanna was physically beaten up by Brown in the early hours of Sunday morning in Los Angeles, with sources telling TMZ her injuries are "horrific," but she may not be cooperating with law enforcement.
From TMZ:
As we reported, the photos show major contusions on both sides of the singer's face — there is serious swelling and bruising. Her lip is split and her nose bloody. We have now confirmed there are bite marks on one of her arms and on several fingers.
this is just what i heard … but i heard his favorite sport is soccer
Hmmm.. no news lately. I wondered if Rihanna is not going to press charges against him and let the news die down. It looks like it.
i can not believe you.. How could you put your hand on a female.. you aint no real man, you just a lil boy inside tryna act tough..i will never ever buy one of your cds.im discusted in you. Thats why you lost both of your commercials…
Pon De Repay Rihanna..Loves ya…will support you all the way!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris brown is corrupt and unscrupulous anyone who defends this trashy spoiled brat is even worse than him. Eh what a arogant pig.


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Ok this is one of the best Media Center Markup Language application I have seen so far.
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D. Wiedel, M.D.
the past 30 years, the increasing success of total knee arthroplasty
has gradually replaced arthrodesis as the procedure of choice
in most conditions causing severe joint destruction. Instead
of a primary procedure, arthrodesis is now considered a salvage
procedure relegated to cases where total knee replacement may
he contraindicated, e.g. sepsis, neuropathic joint, and youth,
or for an irretrievably failed total knee replacement (3,8,9).
all causes of total knee replacement failure, infection is the
most common indication for knee fusion (3,4,9). In a small number
of cases, the infected arthroplasty may he salvaged by debridement
and long-term antibiotics, either retaining the original prosthesis,
or removal, and later performing a second prosthetic arthroplasty.
The chances of succeeding with this technique may be very slim,
at best. The success reported for salvage of infected total
hip replacements has not been duplicated for the infected total
knee replacement.
of total knee replacement on the basis of aseptic loosening,
instability, fractures, and prosthetic wear or breakage are
usually managed satisfactorily by a revision arthroplasty. The
purpose of this chapter is to discuss the indications and techniques
for arthrodesis after a failed total knee, including some of
the difficulties and pitfalls as well as alternatives to fusion.
this chapter addresses "irretrievably failed" total
knee replacements which by definition preclude further consideration
of total knee arthroplasty, when considering knee fusion in
the context of failed arthroplasty, it is appropriate first
to consider failed total knee replacements in general.
the orthopaedist faces a failed total knee replacement, the
most common considerations are first revision surgery and second
salvage fusion. In planning for such a situation, great consideration
must be given not only the upcoming operation, but also to that
procedure which would follow if the NEXT one failed also.
an eye toward fusion as the end stage operation, the basic requirements
for satisfactory fusion must be kept in mind. First, adequate
bone stock must be present in order for there to be satisfactory
likelihood of healing. Secondly, excessive shortening, as a
result of repeated resection of distal femur and proximal tibia,
should be avoided to the extent possible. While most modern
prostheses used for primary total knee replacement fulfill the
general conditions of minimal bone resection, many of these
prostheses used for revision surgery with bulky stems with or
without housings do not fulfill these requirements.
basic concern is that leading a patient down a path of multiple
unsuccessful arthroplasties may well leave him with an unsalvageable
limb and inevitable amputation when earlier more prudent acceptance
of knee fusion would have preserved lower limb function. The
success of obtaining a fusion after total knee replacement differs
significantly when comparing failed nonconstrained prostheses
(80%) with failed hinges (35%)(3). Success rates as low as 21%
have been reported for attempted fusion upon removal of hinged
prostheses (7).
factors have to be considered when choosing between revision
arthroplasty or arthrodesis: the patient's age, medical status,
activity level, the basic disease process and the condition
of other joints, particularly the hips and contralateral knee.
We are not particularly concerned about revision arthroplasty
that will still allow preservation of sufficient bone stock
for subsequent arthrodesis. However, revision arthroplasty that
would require the use of a bulky stemmed prosthesis which, if
failed, would not allow a salvage procedure short of probable
amputation, must be considered only under dire circumstances.
Furthermore, we are not, at this time, considering the failed,
infected total knee replacement.
this in mind, the younger and more active patient with a normal
life expectancy and with reasonably good neighboring joints
should be considered more strongly for an arthrodesis. On the
other band, if the patient is quite elderly and debilitated,
an arthrodesis may be impractical, making revision arthroplasty
the procedure of choice. Similarly, patients with rheumatoid
arthritis and multiple joint involvement tolerate knee fusions
patient with a contralateral knee fusion presents a particularly
difficult problem. If one were to fuse the ipsilateral knee,
a situation may be created whereby the patient completely loses
the ability to transfer from sitting to standing positions.
This situation most likely will exist in the patient with polyarthropathy
where the upper extremities are so severely involved that they
cannot be used to assist in transfer. If faced with this situation,
every effort should be made to avoid an arthrodesis.
arthroplasty should be considered as an alternative to knee
fusion which should be considered when faced with the patient
who is very inactive and severely disabled. Consideration of
this alternative may be especially appropriate if the patient
has multiple joint involvement.
arthroplasty can provide some flexion, allowing a patient to
sit in a more comfortable and convenient position as well as
providing extension for standing. Although the resection arthroplasty
alone may not be stable enough for weightbearing, external brace
support can be an acceptable method of controlling instability
for the purpose of walking.
the patient finds the resection arthroplasty unsatisfactory
because of instability or pain, an arthrodesis can still be
attempted. Furthermore, delaying an arthrodesis may be advantageous
if infection is present and not well controlled or if the patient
is not mentally prepared for a knee fusion.
the main indications for performing an arthrodesis after an
irretrievably failed total knee replacement is to provide a
stable, pain-free extremity particularly in the ambulatory patient.
have been many operative techniques described for arthrodesis
of the knee joint (2, 5, 6, 11-15, 17, 18). Methods that lend
themselves to usage after total knee replacement failure are
compression arthrodesis, either external or internal, and intramedullary
nail fixation.
compression arthrodesis remains the most commonly used procedure
and has been reportedly more successful than other methods (3,
19). The success of arthrodesis depends mainly on two factors:
apposition of large congruent trabecular surfaces and rigid
fixation. The former, no doubt, is the most important, which
accounts for the success of primary arthrodesis when little,
if any, fixation is used. Unfortunately, this situation rarely
exists after a failed total knee replacement. Therefore, rigid
fixation becomes even more important.
(A) infected total knee arthroplasty. (B) Twelve weeks
after removal of prosthesis and application of external
compression device. (C) Fusion at 16 weeks.
(A) Infected stemmed prosthesis. (B) Failed fusion after
removal of prosthesis and attempted external compression
patterns of femoral and tibial surfaces remaining after preparation
for different types of prostheses varies significantly (10).
Resurfacing prostheses without large pegs or stems will leave
the greatest surface area, (Fig. 18.1, A-C), while the bulky
prostheses with large central stems or pegs substantially diminish
the remaining area (Fig. 18.2, A and B).
factors further reducing this area include osteoporosis and
subchondral cysts, anchoring holes drilled for cement fixation,
and further erosions of bone at the bone cement interface in
loosened prostheses. All of these circumstances clearly emphasize
the importance of choosing a primary or revision prosthesis
which requires minimal bone resection to optimize the chances
of performing a successful salvage procedure, whether it be
a revision prosthetic arthroplasty or arthrodesis.
situations may exist which require special attention and modification
of arthrodesis techniques: severe osteoporosis and bone loss.
Both of these situations create a particular problem in gaining
rigid fixation: osteoporosis, because of the difficulty in gaining
rigid bone purchase of the fixation device, and bone loss, because
of the residual small, irregular bony surfaces. Obtaining rigid
fixation in all planes is even more critical in these situations
than when the bone is of good quality and when large congruent
surfaces are present.
Standard quadralateral external fixation device.
and B) Two types of external fixation ion devices with
addition of anterior pin placement.
fixation devices do have their undesirable features, however.
They are large, cumbersome, and frequently heavy. The multiple
pin hole arrangements in osteoporotic bone may invite fracture.
Pin tract infections are fairly common, and these devices are
initially quite expensive. Despite this substantial list of
negative features properly applied external fixation provides
good stability at the fusion site and serious complications
among the list above are quite rare.
for knee arthrodesis.
compression arthrodesis, using double-plating techniques, is
an alternative method of securing rigid internal fixation (Fig.
18.5). This method maybe specifically indicated where external
skeletal compression fixators are undesirable. Osgood, in 1913,
and Lucas and Murray, in 1961, published their techniques of
double-plating for immobilization of the knee (15, 17). Scranton,
in 1980, further modified the technique by using compression
plating. He also reported on the use of this technique for the
failed total knee replacement (18).
fixation, using double-plating, does have the advantage of not
requiring external support devices and eliminating the problems
associated with percutaneous pins. The technique is, however,
technically very demanding. Accurate bending of the plates to
conform to the femoral and tibial contours is critical. Obtaining
the appropriate fusion also has to be accurate because, once
the plates are secured, there is no way of changing the position
short of replacing the plates. Here the use of external fixation
systems has an advantage in that position changes can be made
by adjusting the external fixation device.
nail fixation is another alternative to consider for immobilization
of the knee in an attempt to gain fusion of the knee after failed
total knee replacement. It may be most useful when severe osteoporosis
makes screw or pin fixation impractical. Intramedullary nail
fixation does have the disadvantage of not allowing a choice
of knee fusion position, and it may not provide rigid stabilization,
particularly with regard to rotation. The presence of an ipsilateral
hip arthroplasty would necessarily preclude the use of this
preparation of the bone ends for arthrodesis after a failed
total knee replacement deserves special attention. This aspect
of the procedure demands surgical experience and skills that
will allow the surgeon to modify conventional techniques and
improvise when necessary. Unexpected findings make such appropriate
modifications quite frequently necessary.
preparing the femur and tibia for arthrodesis, some basic principles
should be followed:
Bone Stock. Special care should be taken in removing
the prosthesis and cement so that bone is not inadvertently
removed. Remove only that bone which is necessary to obtain
good contact surfaces and proper alignment. If infection is
present, debride all granulation tissue and devitalized tissue,
but do not attempt to resect bone solely for the purpose of
eradicating the infection.
Congruent Trabecular Surfaces. Whenever possible, large
areas of trabecular bone should be fashioned for congruent fitting
with the opposing surface. This may be no more than a peripheral
rim or bridging surfaces.
Inherent Stability. Irregular and different sized surfaces
may have to be opposed. If this situation exists, an attempt
should be made to interlock the irregularities to gain stability
and increase the contact surfaces. When dealing with two surfaces
of unequal size, inserting one into the other like a press-fit
can provide a way of gaining stability and surface contact.
This technique is particularly useful when attempting a resectional
cases of significant bone loss preventing suitable opposing
surfaces, bone grafting maybe considered. The patella may be
available; however, the best bone graft for filling a void as
well as providing osteogenesis is probably iliac bone.
position of fusion must also be considered when preparing the
bone. The position must be determined preoperatively, based
upon the individual patient's needs. The AP alignment should
match that of the patient's other knee, if normal, and will
usually be in slight valgus. The Universal alignment instruments,
used for total knee replacement, make excellent guides for establishing
correct AP alignment.
position of flexion generally is best at 10-15°. This position
is particularly critical if there is bilateral involvement.
The patient with bilateral fusions functions best with the maximum
allowable practical flexion, probably up to 20°(16). If
the contralateral knee is less involved and the patient remains
ambulatory, the fusion should be in more extension so as to
provide a more functional position from the standpoint of walking
rather than sitting. Also, if shortening is a problem, full
extension maybe advantageous to maintain as much length as possible.
some shortening is advantageous for a knee fusion to allow for
an easier swing phase, in salvage fusions for failed total knee
replacement, unacceptable shortening may occur, particularly
from failed binge prostheses. The amount of acceptable shortening
must be determined with each patient. Obviously, any amount
of shortening can be corrected by shoe lifts or prostheses,
but this may be impractical or unacceptable because of shoe
size, weight, and appearance. The other aspect of too much softening
is the inability to obtain fusion. This is well documented in
reports by Arden (1), DeBurge (7), and Hagemann et at. (9).
grafting to make up for bone less, causing unacceptable shortening,
has marked limitations. The relative indications here would
be the situation where preservation of a stable, functional
limb was necessary because of young age and a demanding activity
level. The slow replacement of a graft bridging a large gap
would necessarily require prolonged immobilization and would
most certainly not be practical in an elderly or severely disabled
patient. In the face of marked bone loss or minimal trabecular
bone contact surfaces, electrically induced osteogenesis may
be of benefit with or without bone grafting.
of the knee for irretrievably failed total knee replacement
may very well become a more frequently performed procedure as
the number of patients with total knee replacements, the length
of follow-up, and the number of revisions increase.
type of prostheses for primary and revision arthroplasties must
be carefully selected, keeping in mind that the success of fusion
depends, to a large degree, on the type of prosthesis implanted.
The minimally constrained resurfacing types of prostheses without
large stems or pegs allow for apposition of large trabecular
surfaces and a fusion rate approaching that of a primary arthrodesis;
whereas, the large, bulky prostheses with long stems, causing
excessive methaphyseal bone loss, are associated with a significantly
lower fusion rate.
compression arthrodesis is the technique of choice in the majority
of cases. In the presence of infection, this method clearly
is preferred over internal fixation.
surgical technique of fusion following failed total knee replacement
is difficult and demanding. Careful removal of the prosthesis
and cement, preservation of bone stock and creation of large
contact surfaces, increase the chances of a successful fusion.
arthroplasty may be an acceptable alternative in selected cases.


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The big one is perfect for toiletries and the small one for makeup. Best of all, if something spills on these, they can be easily washed. The small one also fits easily into a handbag (even a clutch).
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An exposed zipper secures the side of a heavier-weight wool skirt with an oversized plaid pattern. High-waisted style has a form-fitting silhouette finished with an inverted back pleat for ease of movement.
Cutest outfit of the night goes to Blair! I love this little cardigan. So adorable. I'll just wait til it goes on sale, thanks.
This is the very blouse that Blair selected for her campus visit to Yale on Season Two of Gossip Girl. I guessed Missoni, but this zig zag print comes from the collection of the very talented Anna Sui.
the white version of these mary jane pumps are adorable. they're very bride circa 1920.


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Environmental Factor, January 2007, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
DIR Papers of the Month
By Eddy Ball
January 2007
Indoor Fungus Exposure Linked to Asthma
In a study funded by NIEHS and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, an interdisciplinary team of DIR and Constella Group researchers found a significant association between indoor exposure to allergens from the fungus Alternaria alternata and asthma symptoms in a nationally representative sample of U.S. homes.
The data are from the National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing (NSLAH), a cross-sectional survey of 831 housing units inhabited by 2,456 individuals, 26% of them children, in 75 different U.S. locations. It was the first population-based study to examine the health effects of allergenic components of Alternaria using a polyclonal anti-Alternata antibody assay. The team of investigators showed that the prevalence of current asthma increased with higher Alternaria allergen levels, likely in an exposure-dependent manner. Residents in homes with high concentrations of Alternaria allergen were 1.84 times more likely to have current asthma than residents in homes with low concentrations of the allergen.
This study provides new information on Alternaria exposures in relation to asthma symptoms. Because the health impact of indoor fungal exposures has not been studied as extensively as outdoor exposures, the study also underscores the importance of preventing mold and moisture-related problems and having homes cleaned on a regular basis.
Citation: Salo PM, Arbes SJ Jr, Sever M, Jaramillo R, Cohn RD, London SJ, Zeldin DC. 2006. Exposure to Alternaria alternata in US homes is associated with asthma symptoms. J Allergy Clin Immunol 118(4):892-898.
Fidelity of DNA Synthesis by Yeast Polymerase Delta
In an NIEHS-funded study published in Nucleic Acids Research, a team of investigators reports on the effects of accessory proteins on the fidelity of DNA synthesis by yeast polymerase delta (pol d) in vitro.
The investigators examined the error rates of DNA replication and repair by pol d alone and in combination with the single-stranded DNA-binding protein complex replication protein A (RPA) and/or the processivity clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and its loader replication factor C (RFC). The results indicate that fidelity for errors involving single base pairs is largely determined by pol d itself. However, investigators determined that the accessory proteins strongly modulated the ability of pol d to delete large numbers of nucleotides between directly repeated sequences. In the presence of either RPA or PCNA the error rate was reduced by approximately 10-fold and by a rate equal to or more than 90-fold in the presence of both.
This research points to the importance of PCNA and RPA in protecting the genomes of higher plants and animals against the biological consequences of large deletions, with possible implications in regard to instabilities associated with hereditary degenerative diseases.
Citation: Fortune JM, Stith CM, Kissling GE, Burgers PM, Kunkel TA. 2006. RPA and PCNA suppress formation of large deletion errors by yeast DNA polymerase delta. Nucleic Acids Res 34(16):4335-4341.
Genetic Modification Proposed to Combat "Phosphate Crisis"
NIEHS intramural researchers, collaborating with researchers from the University of Pittsburg and North Carolina State University, have demonstrated that an avian phytase may help poultry, pigs and other monogastric production animals release phosphate from the phytic acid (InsP6) in their feed.
Researchers determined that rat and human recombinant "phytase," multiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase (MINPP), hydrolyzed InsP6 at the very slow rate of 6nmol/mg protein per minute. The recombinant avian MINPP, in contrast, was 100-fold more efficient as a phytase. The study's results raise the possibility that a genetically-modified chicken that secreted MINPP into the digestive tract may digest InsP6 effectively in vivo. The researchers also used an avian model cell line to demonstrate how MINPP could be modified to ensure it is secreted.
This research points to the potential of a strain of genetically-modified chickens for addressing the current "phosphate crisis." Such production animals could help to conserve the planet's diminishing phosphate reserves and reduce pollution by decreasing phosphate levels in manure. Avian MINPP is predicted to perform as well as microbial phytases, and its expression in animals is less expensive and potentially safer for farm workers than using phytase as a feed additive.
Citation: Cho J, Choi K, Darden T, Reynolds PR, Petitte JN, Shears SB. 2006. Avian multiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase is an active phytase that can be engineered to help ameliorate the planet's "phosphate crisis." J Biotechnol 126(2):248-259.
Depression and Pesticide Exposure in Female Farm Spouses
In a study funded by the NIH Intramural Research Program, National Cancer Institute and NIEHS, researchers used questionnaire data from the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) to evaluate the relationship of reported depression to pesticide exposure among ~29,000 female spouses of licensed pesticide applicators, mainly farmers.
The researchers used data from questionnaires completed at enrollment in the AHS (1993-1997). The researchers defined cases as respondents reporting a physician diagnosis of depression requiring medication (N=2,051). Controls were respondents who did not have doctor-diagnosed depression. Lifetime pesticide use was categorized as never used pesticides, low exposure as up to 225 lifetime days, and high exposure as more than 225 days and a history of diagnosed pesticide poisoning.
The team found that a history of pesticide poisoning was associated with a more than three-fold increase in risk of self-reported, physician-diagnosed depression among female spouses of licensed pesticide applicators. Pesticide use in the absence of poisoning had little effect. Non-pesticide risk factors for depression included age, health status, smoking, frequent alcohol use, and working a job off the farm. "This study highlights the importance of preventing pesticide poisoning because the chronic effects of those poisonings may contribute to high rates of depression," the authors concluded.
Citation: Beseler C, Stallones L, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MC, Blair A, Keefe T, Kamel F. 2006. Depression and pesticide exposures in female spouses of licensed pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study cohort. J Occup Environ Med 48(10):1005-1013.
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it's hot! want to cool off? wear prints- get cool and be chic!
i'm loving prints! all over the runways, in the magazines, out on the streets- florals, ikats, animal prints, polka-dots and stripes! chic on their own, chicer worn together! why not? it's summer, it's hot- cool off with hot prints!
florals at valentino, ikats at altuzarra, animal prints at stella, polka-dots at céline, stripes at the row. nothings puts it all together better than my favorite model karlie kloss and actor eddie redmayne in vogue, photographed by mario testino– prints in the heat, so very chic!
it's hot! cool down with prints, even better, try colorful prints- it's time and it's chic!
street photographs by Tommy Ton, Phil Oh and The Sartorialist.


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* Canadian dollar at C$1.2132, or 82.43 U.S. cents * Bond prices lower across the maturity curve TORONTO, April 17 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar hit its strongest level against its U.S. counterpart since January on Friday, after a surprise jump in domestic inflation and strong retail sales data. The rate of inflation rose 1.2 percent in March, lifted by higher food prices as a decline in gasoline prices moderated, data from Statistics Canada showed. Meanwhile, retail sales snapped a two-month slide. The data pair adds to a feeling in the market that the Bank of Canada can hold off on another interest rate cut. "I would say it's pretty unambiguous that today's dual reports are quite supportive of the currency," said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. * At 8:58 a.m. ET (1258 GMT), the Canadian dollar was trading at C$1.2132 to the greenback, or 82.43 U.S. cents, stronger than the Bank of Canada's official Thursday close of C$1.2181, or 82.10 U.S. cents. * The currency's strongest level of the session was C$1.2088, its highest since Jan. 21. It is on track for a more than 3 percent gain this week. * U.S. crude prices were down 0.83 percent to $56.24, while Brent crude lost 0.05 percent to $63.95. * Canadian government bond prices were lower across the maturity curve, with the two-year price down 11.5 Canadian cents to yield 0.643 percent and the benchmark 10-year falling 13 Canadian cents to yield 1.388 percent. * The Canada-U.S. two-year bond spread was 14.3, while the 10-year spread was -51.0. (Reporting by Alastair Sharp; Editing by Bernadette Baum)


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Foreign ministry asks T&T health minister to investigate
Death of Guyanese tourist
The government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said it was "deeply concerned" over the reported incident of a Guyanese national on holiday in Trinidad & Tobago who died after being refused medical treatment at one of the island's hospitals because he was a non-national.
Thirty-five-year-old Jeetindra Sookram died of a suspected heart attack last Thursday at a private medical institution after he was refused emergency treatment at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
According to a release from the Foreign Ministry, Guyana's Honorary Consul General in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Ernie Ross has since requested the Minister of Health Fuad Khan to investigate this report. The release said that the minster has given the assurance that the matter is already under investigation and has reaffirmed the principle that no one should ever be refused emergency medical attention at any hospital.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be aggressively pursuing the matter with the authorities of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago," the release said.
The ministry is also requesting that the bereaved family members make contact with Ross at the Guyana Consulate at 16 Gray Street, St Clair, Port of Spain or on telephone number 868-622-2913.
Sookram and his wife Vidya Baichu had gone to Trinidad on a two week vacation at the home of their friend Melissa Deosaran, and it was last Thursday he started complaining of chest pains. The woman in an interview with the Trinidad Express indicated that they were talking at Deosaran's Central workplace around 7.30 am when he complained of the pain. Deosaran had taken them there because she had to drop something off. Baichu said she gave Sookram two painkillers, believing he may have been tired from their travel, but it did not help.
"He could not sit and he could not stand because the pain was getting to him more. It kept getting worse so we took him to the hospital (EWMSC)," Baichu told the newspaper. "When we got there, I went in with him and they took him straight to the place where they took blood and did tests. "When I went to register him now, they asked for ID and I gave them his passport. They told me he is not a Trinidadian resident and so all the services, we would have to pay for it.
"We asked them how much was the cost, they said they were not able to say, but whatever service they do we would have to pay for it." Baichu is now calling on government to probe the incident, saying if Sookram had received help at the hospital he might still be alive. She said even while Sookram was grimacing from the chest pains, EWMSC medical staff told him to take a seat while they attended to other patients.
The wife said that Sookram had no known heart condition and had never experienced chest pains before. "I just want the government to look into it, because a lot of Guyanese come across here on vacation … and this could happen to anybody and the treatment that we got, I don't want it for anybody else. I can't understand how visitors can visit this country, go to the hospital and can't get help. Maybe if they did not send us away, maybe there was a chance that he would still be alive.
"I am upset because it is a public hospital. People go to Guyana and anybody could go to the hospital and get treatment. Nobody is charged. I can't understand how in a public hospital in this country, you have to pay for a service and their negligence is what caused his death."
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Published: 2013-10-10, by Janel Torkington.
Diogenes once said, "What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others." While this may be true for most of us, there's also great appeal in being able to navigate your own way through a wine list at a restaurant, or at least through the fun aisles of the grocery store. Given the practically infinite variety of bottles, however, how is one supposed to make informed decisions without resorting to the house red? Enter Vivino, which serves at once as the Wikipedia and Facebook of wines.
Use Vivino to take a clear photo of the label on the bottle in front of you, and its scanning mechanism will identify the bottle and pull up a wealth of useful, relevant information from its indices. It's the sort of trick you don't quite believe until you try it for yourself - I haven't been able to stump it yet. Vivino's had a detailed report for every single wine I've scanned, which includes an average rating according to other users, average price point, where I can find this wine for purchase in my area, information about the winery, and serving tips with food. You can even read tasting notes written by other users, offering observations as specific as "grass, white flowers, peach on the nose" and "notes of dried red berries, hints of saddle leather and cigar box."
When you open a wine for tasting, you can mark the time and place on the app, then add your own ranking and tasting notes as you enjoy. These can be shared with the Vivino community at large, or kept to yourself as a private wine journal. Rank enough wines and the app will start to give you recommendations based on your personal taste.
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READ: Cultural Facilities Task Force Reaction to Commissioners' Vote
( Hamilton County ) - On Wednesday, a majority of Hamilton County Commissioners voted to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot that would pay for repairs to Union Terminal for 5 years.
The Cultural Facilities Task Force--a group that's been working for months to come up with a comprehensive way to fund repairs at both Union Terminal and Music Hall--says that plan is "inadequate."
In a statement released on Thursday, the group calls what passed "poorly conceived and incomplete."
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Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley says he's disappointed, telling 700WLW's Bill Cunningham that he believed there was an agreement with county leaders in place.


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Monday, May 24, 2010
A Taste of Sunshine
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses."—Hanna Rion
Lovely, ethereal images and feeling captured by photographer Henry Moshizi for the Danish publication, Costume. "Featuring Iza Olak as a sunbathing beauty, the ethereal story showcases feminine looks of floral and lace styled by fashion editor Maiken Winther." As the long weekend is winding down, I am enjoying the last bit of restful time, sitting in my large bay window, in my loungewear, coffee in hand, windows wide open, listening to the gleeful song of the many birds enjoying our large garden...hope you have a lovely day!
Also, a warm thank you for this award!
( quote + images: FGR )
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oh sounds like you're having a beautiful day! the flower headband is so pretty. reminds me of my wedding headband... have a lovely monday!ReplyDelete
She is stunning! Love the flowered dress, such a classic lady dress!ReplyDelete
I love these photos, so soft and beautiful.ReplyDelete
It seems that you are having a great start of the week :)
hope you have a wonderful rest of the day... that top photo is so beautiful and ethereal i adore it.ReplyDelete
I've been looking for something like this... Summery, beautiful, melting in the sunshine... LOVE the first photo to pieces.ReplyDelete
Wishing you a wonderful week!
Beautiful Images!! These are so inspiring especially for the spring time. Thank you so much for sharing. Brought some sunshine to my gloomy Monday :o)ReplyDelete
such a stunning first image -- have always been in love with crowns of blossoms and this one is especially beautiful . . .ReplyDelete
Hi - summer dreaminess indeed. Today was lovely, sunny, warm and I so want it to stay like that. Sadly the forecast for tomorrow is not so good...was that the English summer said and done? Surely not...but these pictures capture it perfectly.ReplyDelete
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What an incredibly beautiful blog you have. I am so glad to "meet" you:)ReplyDelete
I look forward to keeping up with Haute Design!
:) Anna
your photos are always the most gorgeous Sarah, so gorgeous!! thanks!ReplyDelete
Anna -- thank you! Likewise :)ReplyDelete
Lovely! And did anyone else notice how gorgeous all the shoes were?! I'm in love with those ribbon wedges.ReplyDelete
beautiful styling, so incredibly pretty! and those wedges are killer! jxxReplyDelete
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Averill -- they are gorgeous! Quite the footwear!ReplyDelete
What gorgeous images! So, so dreamy!ReplyDelete
Love this shoot! So pretty... we should all be wearing real flower headbands in public! lol...ReplyDelete
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The sun always shines on you, dear Sarah!ReplyDelete
Beautiful images as always - and warm, thoughtful writing.
Much fondness, Mon
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Suggestion for a song as a symbol of the do-nothing Republican-controlled Congress. This says it all:
Everybody's talking at me
I can't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind.
www.metrolyrics.com/everybodys-talkin-at-me-lyrics-stephen-stil ... - Similarto Stephen Stills, "Everybody's Talkin' at Me" lyrics.
Janet Daily
Welcome to American, Janet. Unfortunately, you should not regurgitate liberal talking points. The facts, if you would like to open your eyes, are this....the DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE. If nothing is getting done, perhaps you should talk to them!
Ahhh,resort to name calling again when you are wrong.It is fact that Republicans control 1/5th of government,time for the other 4/5th's to take responsibility for the destruction they are causing.
Obstructionist bastards or the excepted term is the party of NO.
They have drugs that will make those voices go away Janet.The "Republican controlled Congress" as you call them is one fifth of government,hardly enough to stop anything.Maybe you should look at the loon in the White House to take some of the responsibility for the economy?Or is it all because of Bush..still?Time to grow up and smell the flowers don't you think?


text: Condi Rice has an op-ed article in the Washington post, which defends the US historic deal with India on nuclear energy. She writes, "our agreement with India will make our future more secure, by expanding the reach of the international nonproliferation regime" and she argues that, Our agreement with India is unique because India is unique." She is right, but two questions come to mind after reading her article. First, is India going to be the only country which gets special treatment from the United States on the Nuclear issue? I believe that the deal with India was a good thing, but I am nevertheless aware of the message that it sends which is the one of inconsistency. It is essential for the United States to address that issue, but clarifying the new rules of the game for it is clear that this deal changed the role. Second, can other countries do the same kind of deal with countries that they consider unique? Can China or Russia have the same type of deal with Iran for example by arguing that Iran is unique (which it is) and that they believed that it deserve preferential treatment too? The danger here is not only inconsistency, but the disintegration of the system, that attempted to restrain nuclear proliferation. If Miss Rice is going to argue that India is unique and that it is fighting terrorism, she must also answer the central question of what happens now and why this deal isn't a tacit admission that the non-proliferation treaty is dead..


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Help Mike 'Fill the Truck' for Families in Need
Be a part of our new KFYI intitiative ….KFY...I Can Make A Difference!
Our first event is a canned food drive benefiting St. Vincent de Paul called Fill The Truck!
Summer is a very tough time for food bank efforts. We need your help so KFYI Can Make a Difference!
Help us fill the ST. Vincent Truck on Friday, June 6th at Walmart in Scottsdale at Raintree and the 101. KFYI will be there from 8am-7pm collecting canned food donations for St. Vincents!
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Here's what's up...
If you've spent time rummaging through this website, you will probably have noticed that there are sections dealing with Pons and Merzinich and their theories behind phantom pain. Well, in this section of the page, I'm gonna be dealing with two different researchers with their own theories. If you want to skip the history and jump straight to the theories, then click on either
But First.....................
Here's a little history.....
How do we explain phantom pain? Where does it come from? This is a question a lot of scientists were asking each other when they first realized that phantom pain existed. When a person's limb gets amputated, the severed nerves in the stump grow into nodules called neuromas. Early physicians believed that the neuromas fired randomly, sending signals to the spinal cord, to the thalamus and then to the somatosensory cortex, eventually causing the phantom sensations, including the phantom pain. However, this theory was disproven after surgeons realized that cutting the nerves leading to the neuromas has no effect on the phantom sensations. Researchers began looking into the spinal cord as a possible initiator of the phantom sensations....but, then they realized that parapalegics with complete breaks in the spinal cord experience phantom sensations well below the level of the break. Undaunted, the researchers then looked at the thalamus and the somatosensory cortex as the root cause of phantom sensations. And....you guessed it...none of those places seemed to be in the initial cause. Even with our little knowledge about phantom limbs, researches have been postulating theories. Two interesting theories about phantom pain are listed below.
(Melzack 1992)
If you would like to continue your voyage into
Phantom Sensations
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Melzack's Theory of the NeuroMatrix
Ramachandran's Mirror Box.
If you wanna just go back to the home page, then click
Phantom Limb Homepage.
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Guest are able to engage in a Q&A with Peter Wheeler and current players of the Warriors squad. This a great opportunity for any rugby fan or those willing to support a worthy cause.
Give them a Sporting Chance gives those with disabilities and their carers an opportunity to turn their sporting dream into a reality. The charity has helped more than 5000 people since it's creation in 1990 and is entirely run by volunteers.
Matt Hampson Trust was founded in 2005.
Young Matt Hampson (Tigers Prop) suffered a serious neck injury whilst at England U-21 training. Matt is currently paralysed from the neck down and is still unable to breath unaided. He is constantly looking to raise the profile of other paralysis victims and publicise research into spinal injuries.
Tickets are priced at £35 per person which includes a 3 course meal. Tables are available at a maximum of 10 people per table. Bar Opens at 11.30am and lunch is served at 12.30pm.
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Dover East Elementary
Welcome to Dover East Elementary!
East Elementary School is recognized as a Hall of Fame school in the state of Ohio. We are proud of the solid tradition of academic success at our school as well as the experiences we are able to provide our students during these very formative primary years of their educational career. Our students at East Elementary have the opportunity to participate in an array of curriculum selections including music, cultural arts, and recreational activities. Band and orchestra programming is available to our fifth grade students in addition to basketball.
Our school is the home to over 500 students in grades kindergarten through five. A staff of 49 professionals blends experience and enthusiasm to meet the needs of our students with several enhancement programs that offer supplemental help in reading, math, speech, and language skills. Because we understand the importance of educating the "whole child," students are also offered extracurricular opportunities including student council, the science fair, "Taking it to the Schools," and the Accelerated Reader program.
In addition to a top-notch staff and student-centered programming, our PTG and community volunteers are an extremely valuable support and resource to our students and our school community.
We believe East Elementary School is a great place to be, and together with our school community and local community, our students are given an environment in which they can grow and learn each and every day!
Brooke Grafe, Principal
East Elementary
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